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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preface | [v] | |
| Introduction | [vii] | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | The Formation of the Division and Training in England | [1] |
| II. | The Laventie Sector | [7] |
| III. | The Ypres Salient | [36] |
| IV. | The Somme | [61] |
| V. | The Somme (continued) | [88] |
| VI. | Winter in the Somme Area | [108] |
| VII. | The German Retreat | [122] |
| VIII. | The Third Battle of Ypres | [143] |
| IX. | The Battle of Cambrai | [178] |
| X. | The Menin Road Sector | [210] |
| XI. | The German Offensive on the Somme | [218] |
| XII. | The German Offensive on the Somme(continued) | [248] |
| XIII. | Lens and Avion | [270] |
| XIV. | The Final Advance | [300] |
| Index | [307] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Major-Gen. W. Douglas Smith, C.B. | [Frontispiece] |
|---|---|
| FACING PAGE | |
| Major-Gen. R. H. Davies, C.B. | [4] |
| Guillemont Station | [70] |
| Major-Gen. T. G. Matheson, C.B., C.M.G. | [124] |
| The Mill House, Havrincourt Wood | [136] |
| The Steenbeek | [148] |
| Au Bon Gîte | [158] |
| The Broken Bridge, Masnières | [186] |
| The Menin Road, Ypres | [212] |
| Major-Gen. G. G. S. Carey, C.B., C.M.G. | [256] |
| Lièvin | [278] |
| Avion Sector | [292] |
MAPS
| FACING PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| A. | Laventie, 1915 | [8] |
| B. | Guillemont, 1916 | [62] |
| C. | Lens and Avion, 1918 | [272] |
| D. | The Final Advance | [302] |
| AT END OF BOOK | ||
| I. | Ypres | |
| II. | The Somme, 1916–17 | |
| III. | Battle of Cambrai | |
| IV. | German Offensive on the Somme | |
HISTORY OF THE
20TH (LIGHT) DIVISION
Chapter I
THE FORMATION OF THE DIVISION AND TRAINING IN ENGLAND
4th August 1914 to 19th July 1915
On the 4th of August 1914 war was declared between England and Germany. Two days later Parliament sanctioned an increase of 500,000 men to the army, and in a letter to the nation on the 7th of August Lord Kitchener appealed for the immediate enrolment of 100,000 men.