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Read Ebook: The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1916 by Doyle Arthur Conan
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JANUARY TO JULY 1916
General situation--The fight for the Bluff--The Mound of St. Eloi--Fine performance of Third Division and Canadians--Feat of the 1st Shropshires--Attack on the Irish Division--Fight at Vimy Ridge--Canadian Battle of Ypres--Death of General Mercer--Recovery of lost position--Attack of Thirty-ninth Division--Eve of the Somme
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Attack of the Seventh and Eighth Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel
Line of battle in the Somme sector--Great preparations--Advance of Forty-sixth North Midland Division--Advance of Fifty-sixth Territorials --Great valour and heavy losses--Advance of Thirty-first Division--Advance of Fourth Division--Advance of Twenty-ninth Division--Complete failure of the assault
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Attack of the Tenth and Third Corps, July 1, 1916
Magnificent conduct of the Ulster Division--Local success but general failure--Advance of Thirty-second Division--Advance of Eighth Division--Advance of Thirty-fourth Division--The turning-point of the line
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
The Attack of the Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps, July 1, 1916
The advance of the Twenty-first Division--Of the 64th Brigade--First permanent gains--50th Brigade at Fricourt--Advance of Seventh Division--Capture of Mametz--Fine work by Eighteenth Division--Capture of Montauban by the Thirtieth Division--General view of the battle--Its decisive importance
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
From July 2 to July 14, 1916
General situation--Capture of La Boiselle by Nineteenth Division--Splendid attack by 36th Brigade upon Ovillers--Siege and reduction of Ovillers--Operations at Contalmaison--Desperate fighting at the Quadrangle by Seventeenth Division--Capture of Mametz Wood by Thirty-eighth Welsh Division--Capture of Trones Wood by Eighteenth Division
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
The Breaking of the Second Line. July 14, 1916
The great night advance--The Leicester Brigade at Bazentin--Assault by Seventh Division--Success of the Third Division--Desperate fight of Ninth Division at Longueval--Operations of First Division on flank--Cavalry advance
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
July 14 to July 31
Gradual advance of First Division--Hard fighting of Thirty-third Division at High Wood--The South Africans in Delville Wood--The great German counter-attack--Splendid work of 26th Brigade--Capture of Delville Wood by 98th Brigade--Indecisive fighting on the Guillemont front
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
The Operations of Gough's Army upon the Northern Flank up to September 15
Advance, Australia!--Capture of Pozi?res--Fine work of Forty-eighth Division--Relief of Australia by Canada--Steady advance of Gough's Army--Capture of Courcelette
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
August 1 to September 15
Continued attempts of Thirty-third Division on High Wood--Co-operation of First Division--Operation of Fourteenth Division on fringe of Delville Wood--Attack by Twenty-fourth Division on Guillemont--Capture of Guillemont by 47th and 59th Brigades--Capture of Ginchy by Sixteenth Irish Division
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Breaking of the Third Line, September 15
Capture of Martinpuich by Fifteenth Division--Advance of Fiftieth Division--Capture of High Wood by Forty-seventh Division--Splendid advance of New Zealanders--Capture of Flers by Forty-first Division--Advance of the Light Division--Arduous work of the Guards and Sixth Divisions--Capture of Quadrilateral--Work of Fifty-sixth Division on flank--Debut of the tanks
THE GAINING OF THE THIEPVAL RIDGE
Assault on Thiepval by Eighteenth Division--Heavy fighting--Co-operation of Eleventh Division--Fall of Thiepval--Fall of Schwaben Redoubt--Taking of Stuff Redoubt--Important gains on the Ridge
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
From September 15 to the Battle of the Ancre
Capture of Eaucourt--Varying character of German resistance--Hard trench fighting along the line--Dreadful climatic conditions--The meteorological trenches--Hazy Trench--Zenith Trench--General observations--General von Arnim's report
THE BATTLE OF THE ANCRE
November 13, 1916
The last effort--Failure in the north--Fine work of the Thirty-ninth, Fifty-first, and Sixty-third Divisions--Surrounding of German Fort--Capture of Beaumont Hamel--Commander Freyberg--Last operations of the season--General survey--"The unwarlike Islanders"
INDEX
MAPS AND PLANS
Approximate Positions of British Line at the Battle of the Somme
British Battle Line, July 1, 1916
Quadrangle Position, July 5-11, 1916
Mametz Wood
Trones Wood: Attack of 54th Brigade, July 13, 1916
The Second German Line, Bazentins, Delville Wood, etc.
Map of Delville Wood
Attack on German Left Flank, September 3, 1916
Final Position at Capture of Martinpuich
Attack on Quadrilateral, September 15, 1916
Plan illustrating the Capture of Thiepval, September 26, October 5, 1916
Stuff Redoubt System, showing Hessian, Regina, and Stuff
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