E-text prepared by David Clarke, Paul Good, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 18659-h.htm or 18659-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/6/5/18659/18659-h/18659-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/6/5/18659/18659-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/sevenmanchester00wilsuoft THE SEVENTH MANCHESTERS July 1916 to March 1919 By CAPTAIN S. J. WILSON, M.C. With a Preface by the Hon. Anthony M. Henley, C.M.G., D.S.O. (Brigadier-General (retired), late Commanding 127th Infantry Brigade) And an Introduction by Gerald B. Hurst, T.D., K.C., M.P. (Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 7th Bn. Manchester Regiment) Published by the University of Manchester at The University Press (H. M. Mckechnie, Secretary) 12, Lime Grove, Oxford Road, Manchester Longmans, Green & Co. London: 39, Paternoster Row New York: 443-449, Fourth Avenue and Thirtieth Street Chicago: Prairie Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street Bombay: 8, Hornby Road Calcutta: 6, Old Court House Street Madras: 167, Mount Road [Illustration: The Hon. A. M. HENLEY, C.M.G., D.S.O. Brig.-Gen. (retired), late Commanding 127th Infantry Brigade] The Seventh Manchesters Manchester at the University Press Longmans, Green & Co. London, New York, Bombay, Etc. 1920 Contents. PAGE Preface by Brigadier-General A. M. Henley, C.M.G., D.S.O. vii Introduction by Lieut.-Col. G. B. Hurst, K.C., M.P. xi List of Illustrations xv List of Sketch Maps xvi Chapter I.--Holding up the Turk 1 " II.--Desert Life 16 " III.--For France 30 " IV.--Holding the Line 34 " V.--Belgium 47 " VI.--An Interlude 65 " VII.--Stopping the Hun 75 " VIII.--Worrying the Hun 94 " IX.--Hammering the Hun 113 " X.--Pursuing the Hun 134 " XI.--Aftermath and Home 142 Appendix I.--Honours and Awards to Members of the Battalion 144 " II.--Members of the Battalion Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Missing, etc. 148