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The History of the Second Division 1914-1918 - Volume 2.

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 su...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wyrall, Everard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton : Andrews UK, 2013.
Colección:History of the Second Division 1914-1918.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.