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A Complete Orchestra of War - A History of 6th Division on the Western Front 1914-1919 (Paperback)
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A Complete Orchestra of War - A History of 6th Division on the Western Front 1914-1919 (Paperback)
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The 6th Infantry Division was the last division planned as part of
the BEF of 1914. It took part in the fighting on the Aisne and the
Battle of Armentieres in 1914; and then served in the Ypres salient
for 18 months (including its recapture of Hooge in August 1915),
before its translation to the Somme in 1916 to take part in the
Battles of Flers-Courcelette, Morval and the Transloy Ridges. In
1917 it was involved in heavy fighting at Loos as a result of the
Battle of Arras, and again in the Battle of Cambrai in November
1917. In 1918 it would bear the brunt of the German offensive as
part of Third Army on 21 March, and would finish its war with
Fourth Army in the Hundred Days campaign from the Hindenburg Line
onwards. A brief operational history was published in 1920. This
new history covers the operations in detail, but devotes two
chapters to study of the division's commanders from its four
major-generals to its battalion COs; a chapter to the divisional
and brigade staff; a chapter to training and another on the
development of divisional firepower; and reviews medical services,
engineering and logistics. The book seeks to place the division
within the context of the tactical and operational development of
the British Army in the First World War.
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