59 DIVISION 177 Infantry Brigade Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

1 February 1917 - 31 January 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/3022/6)

48 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 177 Infantry Brigade, 59th Division, covering February 1917 to January 1918 across 42 pages. It names 58 places across 66 dated entries.The diary opens at Fovant on 1 February 1917. 1917 is spent at Barastre, Penin, Fovant, Winnezeele and Leverguier. 1918 at Lignereuil. It closes at Lignereuil on 31 January 1918. Barastre is where it spent longest, 43 days, including a single unbroken stay of 43 and it came back to Equancourt three separate times.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Dessart Wood, Piano Dug Out, Cantaing Mill and Bank Farm.In 1917 it is also recorded at Havre, Saleux, Petit St Jean, Fouencamps, Morcourt, Bois Triangulaire, P C Nancy, Foucaucourt, Le Mesnil and Hancourt.

• 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: 9781474532044
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press