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GHOSTS OF OLD COMPANIONS

by Jonathon Riley

Published by Helion & Company. 1st. 2019

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
Stock no. 2138102

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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

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