2 DIVISION 6 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 April 1916 - 31 July 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1354)

1024 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 6 Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, covering April 1916 to July 1916 across 1,004 pages. It names 16 places across 28 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three casualty and personnel returns, 60 reports, narratives and plans, 54 Operation Orders, seventeen defence schemes, six appendices, six maps and 71 diagrams. Among the papers are: Extracts from Diary of Musketrer Ludwig Steinmann 11th Coy. 75th R.I.R. killed Before; Casualties 26th to 31st July; Casualties (29th to 31st July); Suggestion for a raid by 25 Men on German Line Opposite M.20.d.1.9; Report on raid carried out by 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment on the night 14th/15th May; Outline of Progress Arrangements for raid by 13th Essex on night; Raid by 13th Essex Regt. on night of 1st/2nd July 1916 Action of 6/Light Trench Mortar; Arrangements for raid by 1st King's on night July 3rd/4th; Report on raid Executed by 1st King's night 3rd/4th July; Patrol report Calonne Section-Southern Subsection; Patrol report Calonne Section-Northern Subsection; March Table issued with 6th Infantry Brigade operation order No 153.The diary opens at Bruay on 1 April 1916. 1916 is spent at Chateau de la Haie, Bully-Grenay, Cabaret Rouge, Carency and Coupigny. It closes at Carnoy on 31 July 1916. Chateau de la Haie is where it spent longest, 48 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 32 and it came back to Bruay four separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau de la Haie.In 1916 it is also recorded at Bomy, Harsin, Gouy-Servins, Grenay, Villers au Bois, Villa d'Acq, Cabaret Rouge Villa d"Acq, Sailly en Sec and Bois des Tailles.

• Reihe: War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Erster Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781474503594
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press