8 DIVISION 23 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 July 1916 - 30 June 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1709)

674 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 23 Infantry Brigade, 8th Division, covering July 1916 to June 1917 across 659 pages. It names 31 places across 34 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 141 reports, narratives and plans, 103 Operation Orders, twenty-two defence schemes, twenty-two appendices, eight maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Report on operations of night April 12/13th Including the Capture of Meunier House-Gauche; 23rd Infantry Brigade Daily Intelligence Summary; 23rd Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary. (Covering period 6 p.m. 21st-6 p.m. 22nd); 23rd Inf Bde. Intelligence Summary; March Table to Accompany 23rd Brigade order No: 57; Hohenzollern Section Graphic of Reliefs to Accompany 23rd Infantry Brigade order No: 58; Relief Table to Accompany 23rd Infantry Brigade order No: 62; Amendment to 23rd Infantry Brigade order No: 62 D/-21-8-1916; March Table to Accompany 23rd Infantry Brigade order No: 63; Quarries Section. Graphic of Reliefs to Accompany 23rd Infantry Brigade order No: 63; Scheme "A" scheme for raid on enemy trenches in front of G. 12.4; 23rd I.B. No: C/456/6. Reference Appendix 3 to 23rd Inf. Bde. operation order No. 73.The diary opens at Trenches And Billets At Millencourt on 2 July 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 23 places against 9 in the next busiest, and is spent at Fouquieres, No: 4 Area, Billets in Barlin area and In Billets-Le Quesnoy Annequin-La Bourse-Sailly La Bourse-Beuvry. 1917 is spent at Suzanne, Nurlu, Outtersteene, Trenches & Billets and Curlu. It closes at Halifax Camp on 15 June 1917. Suzanne is where it spent longest, 29 days, including a single unbroken stay of 29.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Moved into Trenches.In 1916 it is also recorded at La Chausee & Yzeux, Billets As Above, and billets in Barlin, Billets in Barlin area. and Trenches, Neoux-Les-Mines, Limercourt, Meaulte, Mansell Camp, Citadel Camp and Briqueterie. In 1917 it is also recorded at Treux, Caestre and Ouderdom.

• 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: 9781474507059
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press