23 DIVISION 70 Infantry Brigade, Brigade Machine Gun Company: 1 April 1916 - 31 October 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/2188/3) (War Diaries - ... of Official War Office Wo95 Documents) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474524257 ISBN 13: 9781474524254

Verlag: Naval & Military Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Brigade Machine Gun Company, 70 Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division, covering April 1916 to October 1917 across 67 pages. It names 54 places across 81 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative and one map. Among the papers are: Report on operation carried out 7th June 1917. by the 70th Company Machine Gun Corps. The diary opens at Albert on 1 April 1916. 1916 is the most travelled year, 45 places against 32 in the next busiest, and is spent at Ypres, Albert, Zillebeke, Millin Court and Millen Court. 1917 is spent at Ypres, Meteren, Nordausques, Hill 60 and Ouderdoom. It closes at West Becourt on 31 October 1917. Ypres is where it spent longest, 141 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 75 and it came back to Albert six separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Wood Polygon, Black Wood, Bodmin Copse and Ridge Wood. In 1916 it is also recorded at Henencourt, Henin Court, Mollens. Vidame, Bruay, Pollain Ville, Perrogot, Baizieux, Fricourt, Frankvillers and Pont Remy. In 1917 it is also recorded at Houtkerque, Ouderdom, Arcques, Haute Panne, West Rove, S. Jan. ter Biezen, Busseboom, Hodge, Dickebusch and Steenvoorde.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Naval & Military Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1474524257
• ISBN 13: 9781474524254
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 74
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