51 DIVISION 153 Infantry Brigade Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial)

1 April 1917 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2879)

896 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial), 153 Infantry Brigade, 51st Division, covering April 1917 to March 1919 across 879 pages. It names 130 places across 192 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 77 reports, narratives and plans, 88 Operation Orders, one defence scheme, eighteen appendices, twenty-eight maps and one diagram. Among the papers are: Appendix 13 Missing; 1/7th (Fife) Bn the Black Watch (R.H.) report on raid on enemy Works; 1/7th Battalion the Black Watch, (R.H.) narrative of operations from 19/11/17 to 24/11/17; Narrative of the Battle; Third Army Intelligence Summary 16th March to 31st March 1917; 51st (Highland) Division Daily Intelligence Summary 12 noon 25/3/17 to 12 noon 26/3/17; Daily Intelligence Summary; 153rd Infantry Brigade Daily Intelligence Summary for period 12 noon 26th to 12 noon 27th; XVII Corps Intelligence Summary for the period 5 p.m. 31st March to 5 p.m. 1st April, 1917; Annexe to XVII Corps Intelligence Summary No.36; XVII Corps Intelligence Summary numbered 93 to 100 (3 of them); Patrol order.The diary opens at Maroeuil on 1 April 1917. 1917 is spent at Line At Boursies, Nieurlet, Road Camp, Siege Camp and Wanquetin. 1918 is the most travelled year, 97 places against 59 in the next busiest, and is spent at Line At Bailleul, Iwuy, Line At Greenland Hill, Line At Boursies and Roclincourt. 1919 at Familleureux, Seneffe and Iwuy. It closes at Seneffe on 31 March 1919. Line At Bailleul is where it spent longest, 78 days across seven separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Iwuy.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Marqueffles Farm, Chateau De La Haie, Loupart Wood, Fampoux Trenches and Line E Of Loupart Wood.In 1917 it is also recorded at Ecurie, Fampoux, Arras, Bailleul Aux Cornailles, Blangy, St. L. Blangy Camp, Chemical Works, St. Laurent Blangy, La Thieuloye and Bailleul Les P. In 1918 it is also recorded at Le Bucquieres, Courcelles, Beugny, Line At Louverval, Beaumetz-Merchies Line, Bancourt, Line E Of Loupart Wood, Loupart Wood, Sarton and Pas and Barly. In 1919 it is also recorded at Familleureux and Besonrieux.

• 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: 9781474528696
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press