The Fifth Leicestershire, by Captain J.D. Hills, M.C., Croix de Guerre
by John David Hills
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hills, John David
- Title
- The Fifth Leicestershire A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During the War, 1914-1919.
- Credits
- Produced by David Clarke, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
- Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Leicestershire Regiment. Battalion, 1/5th
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17369
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17369
- Release Date
- December 22, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE FIFTH LEICESTERSHIRE. — By — Captain J.D. HILLS, M.C., Croix de Guerre. — Lt.-Colonel C.H. JONES, C.M.G., T.D., Légion d'honneur (officier). — THE FIFTH LEICESTERSHIRE. — XVII. 5. — To — COLONEL HIS GRACE DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G.,
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.AUTHOR'S NOTE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 6.MAPS. — CHAPTER 1. — ENGLAND. — CHAPTER II. — EARLY EXPERIENCES. — CHAPTER III. — "THE SALIENT." — CHAPTER IV. — "HOHENZOLLERN." — General map of Arras-Bethune area to illustrate Chapters IV, V, VI, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV & XV. — CHAPTER V. — FLANDERS MUD TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. — CHAPTER VI. — THE VIMY RIDGE. — CHAPTER VII. — GOMMECOURT. — Sketch map of Gommecourt to illustrate the attack of the 1st July 1916. German trenches in RED — CHAPTER VIII. — MONCHY AU BOIS. — General map to illustrate chapters VII, VIII &. IX. — CHAPTER IX. — GOMMECOURT AGAIN. — CHAPTER X. — LENS. — SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE FIGHTING AT LENS -MAY, JUNE 1917- — CHAPTER XI. — HILL 65. — CHAPTER XII. — ST. ELIE LEFT. — CHAPTER XIII. — CAMBRIN RIGHT. — CHAPTER XIV. — GORRE AND ESSARS AT PEACE. — CHAPTER XV. — GORRE AND ESSARS AT WAR. — CHAPTER XVI. — PONTRUET. — Diagram (not to scale) to illustrate positions of Companies at 5.14 A.M. Sept 24th 1918 during attack on Pontruet. — CHAPTER XVII. — CROSSING THE CANAL. — SKETCH MAP OF CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN-AVESNES AREA To illustrate battles of Sept Oct Nov 1918 — CHAPTER XVIII. — FRESNOY AND RIQUERVAL WOODS. — CHAPTER XIX. — THE LAST FIGHT. — CHAPTER XX. — HOME AGAIN.
- 7.APPENDIX 1. — Officers who sailed To France with the Regiment, February, 1915.
- 8.APPENDIX II. — Honours. — V.C.
- 9.APPENDIX III.
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