8 DIVISION 25 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 September 1915 - 30 September 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1725)

866 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 25 Infantry Brigade, 8th Division, covering September 1915 to October 1916 across 848 pages. It names 14 places across 32 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, 201 reports, narratives and plans, 53 Operation Orders, five defence schemes, nineteen maps and nineteen diagrams. Among the papers are: 25th. Infantry Brigade. Total Casualty report for year ending November 5th. 1915; 25th Infantry Brigade. Casualty Return for operations 25th. September 1915; Brigade Major 25th Infantry Brigade plan of attack; To Headquarters 25th Infantry Brigade report of operations 250915; Brigade orders 25th Infantry Brigade; 8th Division. special order 26th November 1915; Appendix "A" to Accompany 25th Brigade operation order No. 94; Appendix "A" to Accompany 25th Infy. Bde. operation order No. 95; 2nd Bn. the Rifle Brigade Program for Weekly Work of Raiding Party; Programme of Work for "Raiding party"; Head Qrs. 25th Inf Bde. Reference your No 211/G/5.Herewith details of ideas for a raiding; Proposed scheme in Raiding Party.The diary opens at Fleurbaix on 1 September 1915. 1915 is spent at Fleurbaix, Sercus, Enquin-Les-Mines, Sailly and Therrouanne. 1916 at Fleurbaix, Croix Blanche, Sailly, Millencourt and Albert. It closes at Sailly on 31 October 1916. Fleurbaix is where it spent longest, 135 days across seven separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 45.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Vivier Mill and Henencourt Wood.In 1916 it is also recorded at Sercus, Estaires, Flanks, Flesseles, Elpetin, Vivier Mill and Henencourt Wood.

• 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: 9781474507240
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press