9 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 October 1915 - 30 June 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1734)

496 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, 9th Division, covering October 1915 to June 1916 across 486 pages. It names 10 places across 19 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries twenty-six reports, narratives and plans, 37 Operation Orders, three defence schemes, two appendices, seven maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Operation Notes on Lessons Front. 1916 Mar; Notes on 13th Corps Lessons from the Somme Fighting; Lessons Learnt from the recent Fighting; Report on operations carried out by Artillery and Trench Mortars against the Fort; 9th (Scottish) Division. Intelligence Summary Up to 8 p.m. 11th Decr; 9th Division instructions No. 19 (G) numbered 19 to 25 (6 of them); 9th Divisional instructions No. 22 (G); Table A. Relief of Front Line; Amendment to 9th Division instructions No. 25 (G); Summary of instructions issued at Conference on 9th Oct. 1915; 9th Division Trench Standing orders; Governing orders in trenches.The diary opens at Bethune on 1 October 1915. 1915 is spent at Hooggraaf, Merris and Bethune. 1916 at Steenwerck, Merris, Nieppe, Bomy and Vaux-en-Amienois. It closes at Grovetown on 30 June 1916. Steenwerck is where it spent longest, 108 days across four separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 32.In 1916 it is also recorded at Corbie and Etinehem.

• 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: 9781474507301
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press