8 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 July 1916 - 31 December 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1675)

742 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, 8th Division, covering July 1916 to December 1916 across 727 pages. It names 12 places across 19 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 128 reports, narratives and plans, 78 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, twenty-eight appendices, fourteen maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Casualties in 8th Division from 4th December 1916 to Date; 8th Division report on Operations. November 8th to 10th; 8th Division Intelligence Summary; No. 106. 8th Division Intelligence Summary, 7-8- numbered 1 to 146 (40 of them); No. 135. 8th Division Intelligence Summary, 1916.The diary opens at Henencourt on 1 July 1916. 1916 is spent at Chateau Des Pres, Sailly Labourse, Belloy St. Leonard, Treux and Bernafay Wood. It closes at Maurepas on 31 December 1916. Chateau Des Pres, Sailly Labourse is where it spent longest, 55 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 33.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Des Pres, Sailly Labourse and Bernafay Wood.In 1916 it is also recorded at Belloy-Sur-Somme, Cavillon, Bruay, Bethune, Chateau Des Pres and Hallencourt.

• 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: 9781474506779
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press