| Major-General T. S. Baldock, C.B. | [Frontispiece] |
| Merville Church | [Face page 4] |
| Casualty Clearing Station | [Face page 34] |
| Map: Cologne to Calais | [Page 47] |
| Map: About Ypres | [Page 47] |
| Map: Lille-Lens-Douai | [Page 49] |
| Plan: Ruined Buildings | [Page 52] |
| ‘Modern Wooden Horse’ | [Face page 54] |
| Plan: Awkward Angle | [Page 58] |
| Lieut.-General Sir W. P. Braithwaite, K.C.B. | |
| Major-General Sir R. D. Whigham, K.C.B. | |
| Major-General Sir J. K. Trotter, K.C.B. | |
| Major-General E. M. Perceval, C.B. | |
| Major-General N. J. G. Cameron, C.B. | [Face page 64] |
| Tower of Cloth Hall, Ypres | [Face page 68] |
| Pelican with Foot Raised | [Page 76] |
| Map: Douai-Arras-Bapaume | [Page 90] |
| Map: Somme Front | [Page 92] |
| Map: Thiepval Defences | [Face page 104] |
| Map: Amiens-Cambrai-Douai-Doullens | [Page 116] |
| ‘Good-Night, Tommy’ | [Page 118] |
| Map: Lens-Douai-Arras-Bapaume | [Page 124] |
| Map: Drocourt-Quéant Switch-Line | [Page 133] |
| Hendecourt from the Air | [Face page 134] |
| Coliseum (German Crater) | [Face page 136] |
| Havrincourt— | |
| Canal du Nord Bridge | |
| In the Park | [Face page 150] |
| Christmas Card, 1917 | [Page 159] |
| Map: March 21st, 1918 | [Page 168] |
| Bucquoy Church | [Face page 174] |
| Bucquoy | |
| A Street | |
| Market Place | [Face page 178] |
| Ypres: In the Ramparts | [Face page 182] |
| Map: April 11th, 1918 | [Page 183] |
| Meteren and Bailleul | [Face page 188] |
| Map: April 25th, 1918 | [Page 190] |
| Map: July 20th, 1918 | [Page 205] |
| Map: Hindenburg Line | [Page 214] |
| Rhonelle: River Crossing | [Face page 218] |
| Douai: The Belfry | [Face page 220] |
| Map: War’s End | [Page 220] |
| Pelican with Foot Down | [Tailpiece] |
FOREWORD
When all Divisions, Regular, Territorial and New Army, from whatever part of Great Britain or quarter of the Empire they were drawn, have rendered such splendid service, it is difficult to refer particularly to individual units or formations.
The pages of this book, however, furnish in detail an account of the exploits of two gallant Territorial Divisions, to one of which, the 62nd, it fell to carry out an operation of outstanding brilliance on the occasion of the Cambrai attack on the 20th November, 1917.
Moreover, the history of both Divisions helps to emphasize the greatness of the debt due to the Territorial Force as a whole. The value to the State of the Territorial Force organisation at the outbreak of the war was immense. By volunteering freely for overseas service, the pre-war Territorials enabled the necessary reinforcements for the Army in the field to be maintained while the New Army was in the making. The gallantry of their subsequent performances should not be allowed to obscure the service they then rendered.
HAIG,
Field-Marshal.