The West Riding Territorials in the Great WarMagnus, Laurie
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The West Riding Territorials in the Great War
Magnus, Laurie
Great Britain. Army. Division, 49th; Great Britain. Army. Division, 62nd; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain
MERVILLE CHURCH _Face page 4_
CASUALTY CLEARING STATION _Face page 34_
MAP: COLOGNE TO CALAIS _Page 47_
MAP: ABOUT YPRES _Page 47_
MAP: LILLE-LENS-DOUAI _Page 49_
PLAN: RUINED BUILDINGS _Page 52_
‘MODERN WOODEN HORSE’ _Face page 54_
PLAN: AWKWARD ANGLE _Page 58_
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR W. P. BRAITHWAITE, K.C.B.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. D. WHIGHAM, K.C.B.
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR J. K. TROTTER, K.C.B.
MAJOR-GENERAL E. M. PERCEVAL, C.B.
MAJOR-GENERAL N. J. G. CAMERON, C.B. _Face page 64_
TOWER OF CLOTH HALL, YPRES _Face page 68_
PELICAN WITH FOOT RAISED _Page 76_
MAP: DOUAI-ARRAS-BAPAUME _Page 90_
MAP: SOMME FRONT _Page 92_
MAP: THIEPVAL DEFENCES _Face page 104_
MAP: AMIENS-CAMBRAI-DOUAI-DOULLENS _Page 116_
‘GOOD-NIGHT, TOMMY’ _Page 118_
MAP: LENS-DOUAI-ARRAS-BAPAUME _Page 124_
MAP: DROCOURT-QUÉANT SWITCH-LINE _Page 133_
HENDECOURT FROM THE AIR _Face page 134_
COLISEUM (GERMAN CRATER) _Face page 136_
HAVRINCOURT—
CANAL DU NORD BRIDGE
IN THE PARK _Face page 150_
CHRISTMAS CARD, 1917 _Page 159_
MAP: MARCH 21ST, 1918 _Page 168_
BUCQUOY CHURCH _Face page 174_
BUCQUOY
A STREET
MARKET PLACE _Face page 178_
YPRES: IN THE RAMPARTS _Face page 182_
MAP: APRIL 11TH, 1918 _Page 183_
METEREN AND BAILLEUL _Face page 188_
MAP: APRIL 25TH, 1918 _Page 190_
MAP: JULY 20TH, 1918 _Page 205_
MAP: HINDENBURG LINE _Page 214_
RHONELLE: RIVER CROSSING _Face page 218_
DOUAI: THE BELFRY _Face page 220_
MAP: WAR’S END _Page 220_
PELICAN WITH FOOT DOWN _Tailpiece_
FOREWORD
When all Divisions, Regular, Territorial and New Army, from whatever
part of Great Britain or quarter of the Empire they were drawn, have
rendered such splendid service, it is difficult to refer particularly to
individual units or formations.
The pages of this book, however, furnish in detail an account of the
exploits of two gallant Territorial Divisions, to one of which, the
62nd, it fell to carry out an operation of outstanding brilliance on the
occasion of the Cambrai attack on the 20th November, 1917.
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