CONTENTS

a. PHASE I

b. PAGE

c. THE FORMATION OF THE BATTALION—TRAINING IN ENGLAND—OVERSEAS TO

FRANCE—THE BATTLE OF LOOS (SEPTEMBER 1914–SEPTEMBER 1915) 1

d. PHASE II

e. TRENCH WARFARE IN THE YPRES SALIENT AND AT MESSINES (SEPTEMBER

1915–JULY 1916) 26

f. PHASE III

g. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME (AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1916) 45

h. PHASE IV

i. TRENCH WARFARE AT VIMY RIDGE, HULLUCH, AND MAROC—THE ADVANCE ON LENS

61

j. PHASE V

k. THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN IN THE YPRES SALIENT (APRIL–SEPTEMBER 1917) 88

l. PHASE VI

m. TRENCH WARFARE IN THE DEVASTATED AREA AT HARGICOURT (SEPTEMBER

1917–MARCH 1918) 133

n. PHASE VII

o. WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AGAINST THE GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE (MARCH–APRIL

1918) 154

p. PHASE VIII

q. TRENCH WARFARE AND “PEACEFUL PENETRATION” AT LENS—DEAN’S V.C.

(MAY–SEPTEMBER 1918) 196

r. PHASE IX

s. THE FINAL ADVANCE FROM CAMBRAI TO MAUBEUGE (OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1918)

234

t. PHASE X

u. FROM THE ARMISTICE TO THE DISBANDING OF THE CADRE (NOVEMBER

1918–JUNE 1919) 256

v. APPENDIX—HONOURS AWARDS 282

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