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The Loyal North Lancs is one of the proudest names among British
Army Regiments, and this massive history is a fitting memorial to
their performance in the Great War. The Regiment served in
virtually every theatre - the Western Front; Gallipoli; Egypt;
Palestine; East Africa and Macedonia; - and this book tells the
story of them all. The First Battalion of the regiment were in at
the first - taking part in the defence of Ypres at Langemarck and
Gheluvelt; and were in at the finish - participating in the
breaking of the HIndenburg LIne. IN between, they fought at the
battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers RIdge in 1915; the Somme in
1916; and the battles of Arras and Passchendaele in 1917. The 2nd
Battalion was sent to East Africa and took part in the disastrous
attack on Tanga and the subsequent frustrating campaign against
that guerilla leader of genius, General Von Lettow-Vorbeck. Towards
the end of the war, the battalion served in Egypt, Palestine and on
the western front. The regiment's 1st/4th and 2nd/4th (territorial)
battalions fought at Festubert in 1915 and then on the Somme and in
the Ypres salient and Passchendale, and took part in the breaking
of the HIndenburg line. A comprehensive, plainand unvarnished
history of the regiment's huge contribution to the world war, this
book, fully illustrated with maps and photos, and with appendices
covering awards, uniforms, colours and honours, is a book that all
lovers of Lancashire and all interested in the history of the Great
War will treasure.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
The definitive history of one of the British army's most
distinguished units, the Loyal North Lancashire regiment, from 1741
to the eve of the Great War. Within a few years of its foundation
the regiment took part in the losing battle against the Jacobites
at Prestonpans outside Edinburgh in 1745, was on the winning side
at Quebec in 1759, lost again during the American War of
Independence before winning glory in the Peninsular War when its
battalions fought with Sir John Moore at Corunna and with
Wellington at Vittoria, St Sebastian, Bidoassa, the Nivelle and the
Nive, winning a record number of battle honours. The Lancashires
fought in Burma and the Crimea and the final chapters of this fine
unit history look at the effects of them of the Volunteer movement
and the foundation of the Territorial Army.
Like the Dunkirk campaign in 1940, General Sir John Moore's advance
and retreat from and to Corunna in the early stages of the
Peninsular War, was a defeat that has acquired in hindsight all the
glorious aura of a famous victory. This was largely due to Moore's
own heroic death at the climax of the campaign; but as Churchill
remarked after Dunkirk, 'Wars are not won by evacuations' and any
reader of these revealing diaries will be left in no doubt that
Corunna was a calamitous defeat for Britain at the hands of a
confident, competent French force. The author of these journals -
first published in 1913 - was Captain Alexander Gordon, a Scottish
aristocrat - (he was the son of the Earl of Aberdeen) - who wrote
them up from notes he made at the conclusion of the campaign when
the events he describes so vividly were still fresh in his mind.
Although a Hussar, the conditions during the retreat on Corunna
were so chaotic that Gordon, as he puts it "Enjoyed opportunities
of becoming acquainted with the situation and general movements of
the whole] army." His journals cover the complete campaign - from
Moore's unwise advance into Spain's interior in an effort to link
up with Spanish armies; his encounter with the French under
Napoleon himself; and his fighting retreat on the port of Corunna
where the Royal Navy was waiting to rescue them. The climax was the
pitched battle of Corunna itself, during which Moore was killed by
a cannon ball in his chest. The British army of 16,000 succeeded in
holding the numerically equivalent French at bay until they had
embarked, inflicting 2,000 deaths for their own losses of 900 men.
But - as at Dunkirk - they had to abandon much of their equipment o
the enemy, including 20,000 muskets. In retrospect it is probably
fortunate that by the time of the battle, Napoleon had left Spain
to meet an Austrian threat, leaving the battle to the cautious
Marshal Soult. This is a valuable eye-witness account of an often
overlooked campaign by a perceptive and informed professional
observer. IIlustrated with maps and a portrait of the author.
The Loyal North Lancs is one of the proudest names among British
Army Regiments, and this massive history is a fitting memorial to
their performance in the Great War. The Regiment served in
virtually every theatre - the Western Front; Gallipoli; Egypt;
Palestine; East Africa and Macedonia; - and this book tells the
story of them all. The First Battalion of the regiment were in at
the first - taking part in the defence of Ypres at Langemarck and
Gheluvelt; and were in at the finish - participating in the
breaking of the HIndenburg LIne. IN between, they fought at the
battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers RIdge in 1915; the Somme in
1916; and the battles of Arras and Passchendaele in 1917. The 2nd
Battalion was sent to East Africa and took part in the disastrous
attack on Tanga and the subsequent frustrating campaign against
that guerilla leader of genius, General Von Lettow-Vorbeck. Towards
the end of the war, the battalion served in Egypt, Palestine and on
the western front. The regiment's 1st/4th and 2nd/4th (territorial)
battalions fought at Festubert in 1915 and then on the Somme and in
the Ypres salient and Passchendale, and took part in the breaking
of the HIndenburg line. A comprehensive, plainand unvarnished
history of the regiment's huge contribution to the world war, this
book, fully illustrated with maps and photos, and with appendices
covering awards, uniforms, colours and honours, is a book that all
lovers of Lancashire and all interested in the history of the Great
War will treasure.
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