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1 online resource (410 pages) |
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The History of the Second Division 1914-1918 ; v. 2 |
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History of the Second Division 1914-1918
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Cover; Contents; Front matter; Frontispiece; Title page; Preface; List of Maps; Body matter; IV. The Advance to the Hindenburg Line; Operations on the Ancre; Trench Warfare, 13th January-16th February 1917; The Actions of Miraumont, 17th and 18th February 1917; The Capture of Irles, 10th March 1917; The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, 14th to 19th March 1917; V. The Allied Offensives, 1917; The Battles of Arras, 1917; The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9th to 14th April; Trench Warfare, 15th to 27th April; The Battle of Arleux, 28th to 29th April; The Third Battle of the Scarpe |
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A Note on the Situation in the Spring of 1917The Second Division moves back to its old Sector; Trench Warfare, 20th June to 4th October; The Cambrai Operations; The Battle of Cambrai; The German Counter-Attacks; I; II; The Withdrawl from the Bourlon Salient; Trench Warfare, 7th December 1917 to 20th March 1918; VI. The German Offensives, 1918; The Offensive in Picardy; The First Battles of the Somme, 1918; The Battle of St. Quentin; The First Battle of Bapaume; The Withdrawal to the Old British Front Line, 26th March 1918; The Last Days of March 1918 and the Resumption of Trench Warfare |
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A Note on the General Situation between 21st March and 8th August 1918VII. The Advance to Victory; The Advance in Picardy; The Second Battles of the Somme, 1918; The Battle of Albert, 21st August to 23rd August 1918; The Capture of Mory Copse, 24th August 1918; The Capture of Behagnies and Sapignies by the 5th Infantry Brigade, 25th August 1918; From 26th August to 1st September 1918; The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line; The Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Line, 2nd to 3rd September; Operations from 4th to 8th September 1918; The Battles of the Hindenburg Line; The Battle of Havrincourt |
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The Battle of the Canal du NordThe Battle of Cambrai; The Battle of the Selle; The Return to Mons, the March into Germany, and the Break-up of the 2nd Division; Back matter; Appendices; Index |
| Summary |
Of the six pre-war regular divisions only two, 2nd and 5th, published a detailed history of their part in the Great War. The 2nd Division landed in France with the original BEF as part of I Corps (Haig) between 11 and 16 August 1914. It was not directly engaged at Mons and such casualties as were sustained (10 killed 80 wounded) were from artillery fire. During the retreat it was engaged at Landrecies (4th Guards Brigade) and Villers Cotterets but its first major battles were at the Marne an .. |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Great Britain. Army. 2d Division
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain -- 2d Division
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Regimental histories
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781506295 |
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1781506299 |
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