CONTENTS

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FOREWORD. By F.M. EARL HAIG[xi]
PREFACE[xiii]
[BOOK I—BEFORE WAR.]
CHAPTER I
The West Riding Association[3]
CHAPTER II
The West Riding Troops[15]
CHAPTER III
Mobilization[29]
[BOOK II—WAR.]
CHAPTER IV
‘Malbrouck s’en va-t’en Guerre’[43]
CHAPTER V
The Day’s Work[57]
CHAPTER VI
Serving in Reserve[69]
CHAPTER VII
I—Preparations on the Somme[83]
II—Operations on the Somme[88]
CHAPTER VIII
I—Operations on the Somme (contd.)[99]
II—Winter, 1916-17[111]
CHAPTER IX
With the 62nd in France[126]
CHAPTER X
I—The Northern Ridges[138]
II—Between the Battles[143]
III—Battle of Cambrai (1st Phase)[146]
IV—Battle of Cambrai (2nd Phase)[156]
[BOOK III—WAR’S END.]
CHAPTER XI
Fateful Days in 1918[163]
CHAPTER XII
With the 62nd at Bucquoy[172]
CHAPTER XIII
With the 49th in the Valley of the Lys[180]
CHAPTER XIV
The Yeomanry[195]
CHAPTER XV
The Last Hundred Days
I—Second Battle of the Marne[203]
II—The Final Offensive[211]
APPENDIX I
West Riding County Association Members and Officials: 1908-1920[222]
APPENDIX II
A—Honours and Awards, 49th Division[227]
B—Honours and Awards, 62nd Division[274]
APPENDIX III
Honours and Awards obtained by West Riding Territorial Troops not serving with the 49th and 62nd Divisions[322]
APPENDIX IV
Casualties[323]