9 DIVISION 26 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 January 1917 - 29 June 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1763)

568 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 26 Infantry Brigade, 9th Division, covering March 1917 to June 1918 across 553 pages. It names 67 places across 82 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, seven daily states of sick and wounded, 78 reports, narratives and plans, 87 Operation Orders, sixteen defence schemes, fifteen appendices, sixteen maps and fourteen diagrams. Among the papers are: Names of Officers.-Casualties; Daily State of Sick and wounded; Report on Attempted raid by the enemy on 11/3/17; Plan of attack on St. Laurent Blangy; 26th. Infantry Brigade. report on raid carried out by 8th. Black Watch and 10th. A. & S; Report on raid by 8th Black Watch on night of 14/15th June; 26th (Highland) Brigade. narrative of operations on October 11th., 12th. and 13th. East; Narrative of operations carried out by the 26th. (Highland) Brigade in Flanders from 10th; Patrol report; 26th. (Highland) Brigade. War Diary and Intelligence Summary-June 1918; Table of March-Reliefs; Table of Marches-Reliefs.The diary opens at Penin on 19 March 1917. 1917 is spent at Gomiecourt, Nieuport Bains, Coast Defence, Siege Camp and Line Dead Mans Corner. 1918 at Bray, Gouzeaucourt Gonnelieu, Racquinghem, Moislans and Meteren. It closes at Right Brigade Sector Meteren on 29 June 1918. Bray is where it spent longest, 59 days, including a single unbroken stay of 59 and it came back to Hondeghem three separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Gouzeaucourt Wood.In 1917 it is also recorded at Hermaville, Ferme Des Trappistes Area Watou, Poperinghe, Brandhoek No 2 Area, In The Line E of Ypres, In The Line Ypres, Winnezeele, Ypres Sam Area To Zaggers Capell, Zaggers Capel and Eringhem. In 1918 it is also recorded at Gouzeacourt, Moislans to Bray, Bray-Sur Somme, Gouzeaucourt Wood, Dessart Camp Etricourt Manancourt, Manancourt Mesnil-En-Arrouaise Rocquigny Le Transloy, Le Transloy Morval Guillemont Maricourt Montauban, Dernancourt Buire Bresle Buire, Bresle Lavieville Henencourt and Pont-Noyelles.

• 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: 9781474507523
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press