4 DIVISION 12 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 January 1916 - 30 April 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1502)

742 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 12 Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, covering January 1916 to April 1917 across 725 pages. It names 90 places across 124 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 118 reports, narratives and plans, 144 Operation Orders, seven defence schemes, fourteen appendices, five maps and eight diagrams. Among the papers are: Narrative of operations of 12th Infantry Brigade on 30th June and 1st July 1916 Appendix; Report on operations of 12th Infantry Brigade Near Les Boeufs; Operation order Anley; Relief of 11th Brigade by 108th Brigade March Table 4th and 36th Division Units; Relief of 10th Brigade by 12th Brigade March Table 4th and 36th Division Units; Relief 10th Brigade by 12th Brigade. March Table 4th and 36th Division Units; Further Administrative instructions for Move; Operation orders Anley 12th Infantry Brigade; Report on Capture of Prisoner on the night of the 16th mist; G.O.C.s Notes on the attack on Evening of 19th February of Portion of 12th Brigade Front; March Table-To Accompang 4th Div. Op. order No. 28; Amendment to 12th Inf. Brigade. order No. 9.The diary opens at Ailly-Le Haut-Clocher on 1 January 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 94 places against 21 in the next busiest, and is spent at Bertrancourt, Bailleulval, Ailly-Le Haut-Clocher, Bouillancourt and Colincamps. 1917 is spent at Sailly Laurette, Orlencourt, Vaulx, Suzanne and N.E. Of St Nicholas. It closes at Forestier Redoubt on 30 April 1917. Bertrancourt is where it spent longest, 39 days across three separate stays, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Ailly-Le Haut-Clocher.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Guillemont Dug Outs, Mouchoir Copse, Canal Bank & Trenches, Bedford House Trenches, Billon Wood Bronfay, Billon Wood, Forestier Redoubt and Bedford Hse & Trenches.In 1916 it is also recorded at Ailly, Halloy-Les-Pernois, Puchevillers, Acheux, Mailly, Grenas, Bouquemaison, Remaisnil, Balleulval and Sus St Leger. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bray, Corbie, Villers Bocage, Beauval, Remaisnil, Y Huts Etrun, St Nicholas, Railway Embarkment Of Athies, Athies and Montenescourt.

• 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: 9781474505406
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press