LC.-CORP. A. WILKINSON, V.C., 1/5TH BN. MANCHESTER REGT. 187 LIEUT.-COL. P. V. HOLBERTON 131 THE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER AND BRIGADIERS 242 EGYPT AND SUEZ CANAL 18 GALLIPOLI: C. HELLES AND KRITHIA NULLAH SECTOR 19-29 C. HELLES AND GULLY RAVINE SECTOR 48-60 SINAI PENINSULA 76-83 COLOURED PLATE: DIVISIONAL FLASHES 84 BELGIUM: YPRES SECTOR 98-104 NIEUPORT SECTOR 105-108 FRANCE: LA BASSÉE SECTOR 114-118 THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE, MARCH 1918 130-131 GOMMECOURT—HÉBUTERNE SECTOR, APRIL-AUGUST 1918 142 THE BRITISH ADVANCE: MIRAUMONT—TRESCAULT 148-166 ” ” THE HINDENBURG LINE 172 ” ” ACROSS THE R. SELLE 182-186 ” ” FORÊT DE MORMAL AND HAUTMONT 192 MAPS KEY MAP x GALLIPOLI: CAPE HELLES 22 TRENCH MAP 34 FRANCE: THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE, 1918 128 THE BRITISH ADVANCE, 1918, FIRST STAGE 171 ” ” ” FINAL STAGE 179 THE 42ND (EAST LANCASHIRE) DIVISION CHAPTER I LANCASHIRE AND EGYPT (_August 1914—May 1915_) For a week or two there had been talk of war and of the likelihood of England being involved. The prospects and possibilities formed an interesting topic of conversation and speculation. We leant over the sheer side of the precipice and caught glimpses of the black chasm below, but few really doubted the soundness of the fence over which we peered.