20 DIVISION 59 Infantry Brigade Headquarters

1 March 1917 - 30 September 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2113)

674 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 59 Infantry Brigade, 20th Division, covering April 1917 to August 1917 across 659 pages. It names 11 places across 16 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 262 reports, narratives and plans, 72 Operation Orders, five defence schemes, eighteen appendices, six maps and ten diagrams. Among the papers are: 10th K.R.R.C. Short report on operations of 4th April 1917; 59th Infantry Brigade Intelligence Summary Les-Boeufs Sector; 59th Infantry Brigade Intelligence (Lesboeufs); Right Brigade Sector Intelligence. Period from 6 p.m. 24/4/17 to 6 p.m. May 1st 1917; Supplement to Right Brigade Sector Intelligence Summary; Location Table issued with 59th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 14; Amendment to 59th Infantry Brigade operation order No. 14; Warning order; Short report of Advance of March 17th 1917; March Table to Accompany 59th Inf. Bde. operation order No 19; Report on Minor operations carried out Bt Divisional Advance Guard, As Laid Down in O.O; Relief Table to Accompany operation order No. 27.The diary opens at Vallulart Wood on 1 April 1917. 1917 is spent at Pernois, Ytres, Bois de Havrincourt, Noreuil and Favreuil. It closes at Fusilier House. Canal Bank on 14 August 1917. Pernois is where it spent longest, 21 days, including a single unbroken stay of 19 and it came back to Favreuil four separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Vallulart Wood, Fusilier House. Canal Bank and Canada Farm.In 1917 it is also recorded at Beaulencourt, Vaux Vraucourt, Gomiecourt and Canada Farm.

• 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: 9781474511728
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press