GHOSTS OF OLD COMPANIONS
Written by Jonathon Riley
Published by Helion & Company
in 2019
ISBN: 9781911628866
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
GHOSTS OF OLD COMPANIONS
Written by Jonathon Riley.
Stock no. 2138102
1st.
2019.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Lloyd George's Welsh Army, The Kaiser's Reichsheer and the Battle for Mametz Wood, 1914-1916. Red boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781911628866.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Titles
- A Note on the Archaeology of Mametz Wood Composed after a Reconnaissance of the Ground, June 2018
- Glossary of Military Terms and Abbreviations
- 1 Lord Kitchener, the British Army and the Expeditionary Force 1904-1914
- 2 Lloyd George's Welsh Army, 1914-1915
- 3 'England's best sword knocked out of her hand': German Strategy and Operational Plans for 1916
- 4 'End the war by fighting': Allied Strategy and Operational Plans for 1916
- 5 Christmas in France: The 38th (Welsh) Division's Deployment and Early Days at the front, December 1915-January 1916
- 6 In the Line: The 38th (Welsh) Division from February to July 1916
- 7 'The place was a ruin before, now it is a dush-heap': The First Assault at Mametz: 1-5 July 1916
- 8 'They want butchers, not brigadiers': Mametz Wood, 5-7 July 1916
- 9 'We are stuck in the wood': Mametz, 8-9 July 1916
- 10 'Another day of heavy fighting': Mametz Wood, The Attack of 10 July 1916
- 11 'Dead and mangled bodies were strewn everywhere': Final Acts, 11-12 July 1916
- 12 'A Dulac picture of some goblin forest': Subsequent Operations Around Mametz Wood
- 13 Aftermath: 'The price paid for Mametz Wood'
- Annexes
- A Honours and Awards, December 1915-July 1916
- B Welsh Army Corps Outside 38th Welsh Division
- C Welsh Regular, Special Reserve and Territorial Force Units
- D British and Imperial Divisions World-Wide Deployment 1916
- E Mamet Wood Writers, Poets and Artists
- Bibliography
- Index