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UNINA9910460264103321 |
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Autore |
Ogilvie D. D. |
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Fighting on three fronts : a Black Watch Battalion in the Great War / / by Major D.D. Ogilvie ; with a preface by Major-General E.S. Girdwood, C.B., C.M.G. lately C.O.C. 74th (Yeomanry) Division |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-4738-5113-0 |
1-4738-5145-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Collana |
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Eyewitnesses from the Great War |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: At Home - 1914-1915; Chapter 2: Abroad - 1915; Chapter 3: Egypt - 1916; Chapter 4: Egypt and Palestine - 1917; Chapter 5: Palestine - 1918; Chapter 6: France - 1918; Chapter 7: Some Personalities; Chapter 8: The Predecessors of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry; Honours and Awards; List of Casualties |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1914, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with its headquarters in Kirkcaldy and squadrons based in Dunfermline, Cupar, Dundee and Forfar. The regiment was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915, and fought there as a dismounted cavalry formation and served until the final disembarkation, being one of the last units to leave. In just two months;the regiment lost three quarters of its strength to casualties and disease.The survivors were sent to Egypt where, in 1917, they formed the cadre of an infantry battalion, the 14th Battalion Royal Highlanders; better known as |
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