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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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The History of the Second Division 1914-1918 ; v. 1 |
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History of the Second Division 1914-1918
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Cover; Contents; Front matter; About The Naval & Military Press; Frontispiece; Title page; Foreword; List of Maps; Introductory; Body matter; I. The German Invasion, 1914; The Retreat from Mons; The Battle of Mons; The Retreat; The Affair of Landrecies; The Retreat resumed; The Rearguard Actions of Villers-Cotterets; Advance to the Aisne; The Battle of the Marne; The Passage of the Petit-Morin; The Passage of the Marne; The Battle of the Aisne; Actions of the Aisne Heights and the Beginning of Trench Warfare; Operations in Flanders, 1914; The Battle of Ypres, 1914; The Battle of Langemarck |
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The Battle of GheluveltFighting from 1st to 10th November 1914; The Battle of Nonne Bosschen; The Operations of Lord Cavan's Force-30th October to 17th November 1914; II. Trench Warfare, 1914-1916; Winter Operations; Trench Warfare, 21st November 1914 to 28th January 1915; The Affairs of Cuinchy; Trench Warfare, 20th February to 9th March 1915; Summer Operations, 1915; The Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Trench Warfare, 14th March to 30th April 1915; The Battle of Festubert; Trench Warfare, 21st May to 24th September 1915; The Battle of Loos; Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt |
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Trench Warfare, November 1915 to July 1916III. The Allied Offensive, 1916; The Battles of the Somme, 1916; The Battle of Delville Wood; The Battle of Guillemont; Trench Warfare, 19th August to 31st October; The Battle of the Ancre, 1916; Back matter; Appendices |
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Of the six pre-war regular divisions only two, 2nd and 5th, published a detailed history of their part in the Great War. The 2nd Division landed in France with the original BEF as part of I Corps (Haig) between 11 and 16 August 1914. It was not directly engaged at Mons and such casualties as were sustained (10 killed 80 wounded) were from artillery fire. During the retreat it was engaged at Landrecies (4th Guards Brigade) and Villers Cotterets but its first major battles were at the Marne an .. |
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English |
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Print version record |
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United States. Army. Division, 2nd
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States
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Military campaigns
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France
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781506271 |
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1781506272 |
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