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Night work on a bare hillside, shifting orders and uncertain reports give this regimental history its close view of service during the First World War. Captain S. J. Wilson records the 7th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment from July 1916 to March 1919, following its experience in Egypt and on the Western Front. The volume includes sketch maps, illustrations, honours and awards, and a roll of men lost during service.
Based on a regimental officer's diary, the account moves between the practical work of soldiers and the larger movements of brigades and divisions. A preface describes troops digging an advanced trench in silence; the middle excerpt follows a night march redirected as enemy attacks change the situation near Mory and Behagnies. These details offer readers interested in military history a view of how plans, local knowledge and initiative shaped the work of a Territorial battalion.
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- S. J. Wilson
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- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
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- Military History
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