The Right Hon. SIR FREDERICK PONSONBY
Reading edition
(LATE GRENADIER GUARDS)
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY Lieut.-General THE EARL OF CAVAN
MAPS BY MR. EMERY WALKER
IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. II
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1920
COPYRIGHT
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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER XVIII
January 1 to September 1, 1916 (3rd and 4th Batts.) 1
CHAPTER XIX
The Battle of the Somme (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Batts.) 27
CHAPTER XX
October, November, December 1916 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 148
CHAPTER XXI
January, February, March 1917 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 160
CHAPTER XXII
April, May, June, July 1917 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 174
CHAPTER XXIII
Boesinghe (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 199
CHAPTER XXIVvi
August, September 1917 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Batts.) 235
CHAPTER XXV
The Crossing of the Broembeek (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 246
CHAPTER XXVI
Cambrai and Gouzeaucourt (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 266
CHAPTER XXVII
January, February, March 1918 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions) 349
ILLUSTRATIONSvii
Field-Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, K.G., G.C.B., etc., Colonel of the Regiment Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Lieutenant-General The Earl of Cavan, K.P., K.C.B. 48
Major-General G. D. Jeffreys, C.M.G. 80
Brigadier-General C. E. Corkran, C.M.G. 112
Inspection of the Guards Division by Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, K.G., November 1, 1916 150
The Grenadier Guards marching in Fours past their Colonel, Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, K.G., November 1, 1916 159
Brigadier-General G. F. Trotter, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. 198
MAPS
Battle of the Somme, the evening of September 15, 1916 118
Battle of the Somme, the night of September 25, 1916 138
Boesinghe, July 31, 1917 200
Broembeek, October 10, 1917 246
Attack on Fontaine, November 27, 1917 306
Attack on Gonnelieu and Gauche Wood, December 1, 1917 332
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