9 DIVISION South African Brigade Headquarters

1 January 1918 - 31 August 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1779)

582 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the South African Brigade Headquarters, Divisional Troops, 9th Division, covering January 1918 to August 1918 across 566 pages. It names 36 places across 47 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two casualty and personnel returns, 63 reports, narratives and plans, 126 Operation Orders, five defence schemes, six appendices, four maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: South African Brigade Missing Diaries; Total casualties; 28th. Machine Gun Company. Tactical and Technical Lessons Learnt during the Period; Report on operations of the South African Brigade Between 21st & 24th March, 1918; 1st. South African Infantry Brigade. March Table "A" issued in Connection with Brigade; March Table-issued with 9th. Division order 173; Appendix 288 Ist. South African Infantry Brigade. Warning Order.; Table "A" to Accompany Ist. S.A. Brigade order No. 166; 1st. South African Infantry Brigade. Administrative instructions issued in Connection; March Table to Accompany 9th Division order 176; Ist. South African Infantry Brigade. Preliminary orders for Gouzeaucourt Defence.; Ist. South African Infantry Brigade. Appendix "A" to Preliminary orders for Gouzeaucourt.The diary opens at In Line Gouzeaucourt on 1 January 1918. 1918 is spent at Suzanne Area, In Line Gouzeaucourt, Heuringhen. Area, La Brearde and Hondeghem Area. It closes at La Brearde on 31 August 1918. Suzanne Area is where it spent longest, 52 days, including a single unbroken stay of 27 and it came back to Hondeghem Area three separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Quarry, Heudecourt.In 1918 it is also recorded at Moislains, Sorel Le Grand, Suzanne & Haut Allaines, Haut Allaines, Sunken Road, Heudecourt, Quarry, Heudecourt, East Of Bouchavens.23rd, Combles, Bray-Corbie Road and Ribemont.

• 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: 9781474507752
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press