PAGE PREFACE v INTRODUCTION vii CHAPTER I. THE FORMATION OF THE DIVISION AND TRAINING IN ENGLAND 1 II. THE LAVENTIE SECTOR 7 III. THE YPRES SALIENT 36 IV. THE SOMME 61 V. THE SOMME (_continued_) 88 VI. WINTER IN THE SOMME AREA 108 VII. THE GERMAN RETREAT 122 VIII. THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES 143 IX. THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 178 X. THE MENIN ROAD SECTOR 210 XI. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME 218 XII. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME (_continued_) 248 XIII. LENS AND AVION 270 XIV. THE FINAL ADVANCE 300 INDEX 307 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAJOR-GEN. W. DOUGLAS SMITH, C.B. _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE MAJOR-GEN. R. H. DAVIES, C.B. 4 GUILLEMONT STATION 70 MAJOR-GEN. T. G. MATHESON, C.B., C.M.G. 124 THE MILL HOUSE, HAVRINCOURT WOOD 136 THE STEENBEEK 148 AU BON GÎTE 158 THE BROKEN BRIDGE, MASNIÈRES 186 THE MENIN ROAD, YPRES 212 MAJOR-GEN. G. G. S. CAREY, C.B., C.M.G. 256 LIÈVIN 278 AVION SECTOR 292 MAPS FACING PAGE A. LAVENTIE, 1915 8 B. GUILLEMONT, 1916 62 C. LENS AND AVION, 1918 272 D. THE FINAL ADVANCE 302 AT END OF BOOK I. YPRES II. THE SOMME, 1916–17 III. BATTLE OF CAMBRAI IV. GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME HISTORY OF THE 20TH (LIGHT) DIVISION