The Coldstream Guards, 1914-1918 Vol. II [Illustrated Edition]

• Autore: Ross-of-Bladensburg Lt. Col. Sir John Foster George
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (499 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER XVII - SITUATION AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME -- Rumania at war with the Central Powers. Defeat of the Rumanians. Failure of the Allies at Salonika to help them. 'Side Shows.' The war in Mesopotamia -- capture of Kut el Amara -- decision to seize Baghdad -- our progress arrested -- Kut besieged and taken -- Sir Stanley Maude appointed Commander-in-Chief -- his brilliant operations -- capture of Baghdad. French successes at Verdun. Prostration of the enemy. Change of the Allied plan in the conduct of the war. British operations. -- CHAPTER XVIII - EVENTS IN THE SPRING OF 1917 -- Retreat of the enemy to the Hindenburg Line. Allied advance. Guards employed on forward lines of communications. Battle of Arras. Second Battle of the Aisne. United States join in the war. Russian Revolution. Battle of Messines. Guards in the Ypres salient. Preparations for a British offensive. Visit of the King. -- CHAPTER XIX - THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE -- Preliminary operations by the 3rd Battalion and Irish Guards. Arrangements for attack. Beginning of the battle -- action by the Guards. Ab-normally bad weather interferes with operations. Modification of the plan of attack. Local fighting. Offensive renewed -- further action by the Guards, who move out of line to prepare for another offensive. Last stages of the battle. Operations by the French. -- I -- II -- CHAPTER XX - THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI -- War in Mesopotamia, Death of Sir Stanley Maude. Italian disaster at Caporetto. Guards march to Cambrai. Beginning of the battle. 2nd Guards Brigade attack at Fontaine Notre Dame. German counter-attacks. Reverse at Gouzeaucourt -- promptly retrieved by Guards Division. End of battle. -- CHAPTER XXI - THE LAST WINTER OF THE WAR -- Events in Russia. ; war comes to an end there. Large hostile concentration on the Western Front. Guards astride the Scarpe. Raids. Reduction of the strength of the infantry divisions -- surplus troops of the Division formed into the 4th Guards Brigade, who are attached to another formation. Supreme War Council established at Versailles. Enemy's plan for a great offensive. British dispositions. -- CHAPTER XXI - BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN -- Opens in a fog. Fifth Army pressed back. Critical situation. French late in coming to our support. Second Battle of Arras. Failure of the enemy's offensive. General Foch appointed to co-ordinate operations on the Western Front. Another hostile offensive impending. -- CHAPTER XXII - THE END OF THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE -- Battle of the Lys. Successes of the enemy. Situation becomes serious. Enemy attempts to take Hazebrouck -- magnificent defence by 4th Guards Brigade. French begin to arrive. Attack on Amiens repulsed. Loss of Kemmel Hill. The battle dies down. Yet another hostile offensive. Third Battle of the Aisne. Guards Machine-gun Regiment created. Organization of the Guards' defences. Growth of the American Forces. Events in Italy -- Battle of the Piave. -- I -- II -- CHAPTER XXIII - THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES -- German attack. Second Battle of the Marne. Complete change in the military situation. Battle of Amiens. Battle of Bapaume -- operations of the Guards. Battle of the Scarpe. Progress of the Allies. Enemy evacuates the Lys salient. The Drocourt-Quéant Switch taken by the British. General Matheson succeeds General Feilding as third Commander of the Guards Division. Battles of Havrincourt and of Epéhy. French operations. Americans in the St. Mihiel salient. Defeat of Bulgaria. -- I -- II -- CHAPTER XXIV - DEFEAT OF THE GERMANS -- Scheme for finishing the war. Order of battle. Franco-American attack. British force the Canal du Nord. ; operations of the Guards. Attack by the Allies in Flanders. British break through the Hindenburg Line. Enemy applies for an armistice. Death of Lord Falmouth, succeeded by Sir Alfred Codrington. Second Battle of Le Cateau. Cambrai, Laon, Lille, reoccupied. Belgian coast cleared of the enemy. Battle of the Selle. Demoralization of the Germans. -- I -- II -- CHAPTER XXV - THE END OF THE WAR -- Operations in Italy. Collapse of the Austrians. Defeat of the Turks, Advance of the Allies. Valenciennes reoccupied. Battle of the Sambre. Guards occupy Maubeuge. Armistice signed -- position of the Allies. Collapse of the Germanic Empire. 4th Guards Brigade broken up, the Battalions rejoin their former brigades. Occupation of German territory. Guards in Cologne. -- CHAPTER XXVI - RETURN OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS -- Duties of the Coldstream Reserve Battalion. Drafts from home for Battalions serving abroad. Regimental casualties. Demobilization begun. Three battalions reduced to Cadre. Guards return to England. Royal Review. War services of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Message of the King, Battle Honours. Some reflections on the war. -- I -- II -- APPENDIX No. I - Record of services of Officers of the Coldstream Guards during the period 5th August 1914 to 31st December 1918. -- (a) The following Officers served with the Regiment during the war. -- (b) The following Officers had left the Regiment previous to the outbreak of war, or if still in the Regiment did not serve with it. -- APPENDIX No. 2 - AWARDS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS -- APPENDIX No. 3 - REWARDS -- APPENDIX No. 4 - WARRANT AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN PROMOTED OR APPOINTED TO COMMISSIONED RANK -- APPENDIX No. 5 - ROLL OF HONOUR -- OFFICERS. -- LIST OF MAPS.
• Altri titoli varianti: Coldstream Guards, 1914-1918
• Titolo autorizzato: The Coldstream Guards, 1914-1918 Vol. II
• ISBN: 1-78625-100-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158955003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Coldstream Guards, 1914-1918