TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

The original text has a dot under the superscripts, for example under the 'th' in 36th, which has been removed in the etext.

The format of time in the original text (with a hyphen) has been retained. For example, 11-45 a.m.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Footnote [14] is referenced twice from [pg 15.]

Except for those changes noted below, misspelling in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, battle-field, battlefield; break-through, break through; field-gun, field gun.

[Pg 26.] 'sucking pig' replaced by 'suckling pig'.
[Pg 35.] 'couples of mile' replaced by 'couple of miles'.
[Pg 75.] 'Jasus, what what' replaced by 'Jasus, what'.
[Pg 82.] 'the the first place' replaced by 'the first place'.
[Pg 95.] 'droping' replaced by 'dropping'.
[Pg 180.] 'in being, handled' replaced by 'being handled'.
[Pg 206.] 'bur there' replaced by 'but there'.
[Pg 246.] 'emergiences' replaced by 'emergencies'.
[Pg 290.] 'cane a wire' replaced by 'came a wire'.
Appendix II.
[Pg 321.] Missing unit name 'R.F.A.' added to 'Huskisson' entry.
[Pg 329.] Missing unit name 'R. Innis. Fus.' added to 'Dickson, Sgt. J.' entry.
[Pg 331.] 'Humpherys' replaced by 'Humphreys'.
[Pg 332.] 'M'Alpine' replaced by 'McAlpine'.
[Pg 341.] Missing unit name 'Genl. List.' added to 'Rogers, Maj. V. B.' entry.
Index.
[Armies, Fifth]: duplicate '202' removed.