5 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 October 1916 - 30 June 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1514)

680 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 5th Division, covering October 1916 to June 1917 across 665 pages. It names 8 places across 12 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 84 reports, narratives and plans, 37 Operation Orders, one appendix, twelve maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Lost One Man killed and 5 wounded by Our Sholl Firo and Prisoners State That This Is, If; Report on raid carried out by the 14th R. Warwickshire Regiment on the night 26/27th Inst; Report on raid carried out by the 1st Cheshirs Regiment on the night of the 23rd/24th; Report of operations carried out by the 5th Division; Report of operations Between night 7th/8th and night 9/10th; Patrols; Patrol report; This Was a good patrol action & should Campal planning imitation & determination; Patrol 29/10/16; Instructions for O C Fighting Patrol. Appendix "B"; Position by O.C. Patrol; Contact Patrol Work 5th Division S.S. 1/27.The diary opens at Hallencourt on 1 October 1916. 1916 is spent at Locon, Lestrem and Hallencourt. 1917 at Bethune, Bruay, Maroeuil Cemetery, Chateau D'Acq and Chateau De La Haie. It closes at Maroeuil Cemetery on 15 June 1917. Bethune is where it spent longest, 77 days across three separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Locon.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau D'Acq and Chateau De La Haie.

• 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: 9781474505529
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press