21 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff

1 January 1918 - 31 August 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2133)

772 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, 21st Division, covering January 1918 to August 1918 across 756 pages. It names 24 places across 28 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 118 reports, narratives and plans, 96 Operation Orders, three appendices and six maps. Among the papers are: 21st Division report on operations from March 21st to March 30th, 1918 (both dates; Copies of telegrams to accompany 21st Division report on operations from 21st March 1918; Report of operations 21st Division May 27th to May 31st (both dates inclusive); Copy of Telegrams referred to in report on operations of 21st Division from April 10th; 21st Division. Summary of Intelligence Received up to 6 P.M., 1st January, 1918; Summary of Patrol reports for Fortnight ending January 5th, 1918; Summary of Patrol reports for week-Ending Jan. 12th 1918; Copy of Patrol Sketch; Patrol report; Present Policy as Regards Patrols; Orders for the Employment of the Reserve Division in Case of a the Enemy; 21st Div. report on operation 21st-30th March 1918.The diary opens at Longavesnes on 1 January 1918. 1918 is spent at Longavesnes, Val Vion. Beauquesne, Haut Allaines, Dieppe. 1/100,000 and Chaltrait. It closes at Grandcourt on 28 August 1918. Longavesnes is where it spent longest, 53 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Chateau Segard.In 1918 it is also recorded at Maricourt, Bray, Sailly Laurette, Bavelincourt, Allonville, Caestre, Ulster Camp Dranoutre, Chateau Segard, Walker Camp and Hoograaf.

• 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: 9781474511834
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press