The New Zealand Division, 1916-1919: A Popular History Based on Official Records |
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... British , in conjunction with the French , attacked during the autumn on the Somme . The enemy was not sufficiently reduced in numbers , armament or moral , for a decision to be obtained . It was not then considered justifiable to ...
... British , in conjunction with the French , attacked during the autumn on the Somme . The enemy was not sufficiently reduced in numbers , armament or moral , for a decision to be obtained . It was not then considered justifiable to ...
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... British Territorial Divisions operating in Egypt . Eventually , however , it was decided not to be satisfied with half - measures , but to adopt boldly Part VII . Establishments , with the one exception that the Howitzer Brigade should ...
... British Territorial Divisions operating in Egypt . Eventually , however , it was decided not to be satisfied with half - measures , but to adopt boldly Part VII . Establishments , with the one exception that the Howitzer Brigade should ...
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... British Divisions to the Western Front . The first results of the German blow at Verdun , its repercussions in the political atmosphere , and the desirability of relieving a French Army on a sector of the defensive front made it ...
... British Divisions to the Western Front . The first results of the German blow at Verdun , its repercussions in the political atmosphere , and the desirability of relieving a French Army on a sector of the defensive front made it ...
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... British forces a proportionate allowance in accordance with the ferry capacity , the allotment was similarly adjusted in the Division . The privilege exercised an incalculable influence on morale . In the early days of the war ...
... British forces a proportionate allowance in accordance with the ferry capacity , the allotment was similarly adjusted in the Division . The privilege exercised an incalculable influence on morale . In the early days of the war ...
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... British cavalry and by the advanced guard of the III . Corps , and driven back on their present line between the Lille - Armentières railway and the river Douve by Messines . Von Laffert's sector was bisected by the Lys , which here ...
... British cavalry and by the advanced guard of the III . Corps , and driven back on their present line between the Lille - Armentières railway and the river Douve by Messines . Von Laffert's sector was bisected by the Lys , which here ...
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1st Auckland 1st Brigade 1st Canterbury 1st Otago 1st Wellington 25th Division 2nd Auckland 2nd Brigade 2nd Canterbury 2nd Otago 2nd Rifles 2nd Wellington 37th Division 42nd Division 4th Rifles 5th Australian Division advance aeroplanes Anzac Anzac Corps Armentières Army artillery Artillery Brigade assault attack Australian Division Bapaume barrage battalions batteries battle bombardment bombs British Capt captured casualties command communication trenches Corps counter-attack defence Douve dugouts enemy enemy's Farm fighting Flers forward front line further garrison German Gird Goose Alley Gueudecourt gunners Headquarters heavy Houplines howitzers Infantry Brigade killed Le Quesnoy Lewis gun light trench mortars Lt.-Col machine gun fire Man's Land Messines moved night objective officers parapet party patrols pillboxes platoon position posts prisoners Quesnoy raid raiders railway rear relieved reserve ridge Rifle Brigade right flank sector Sergt shellholes shelling slopes Somme troops valley village Warneton wire Wood wounded yards Ypres Zealand Division