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F. Clive Grimwade. The War History of the 4th Battalion, the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1914-1919
The War History of the 4th Battalion, the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1914-1919
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. MOBILISATION—DEPARTURE OVERSEAS
CHAPTER II. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN MALTA--FORMATION OF THE 2/4TH BATTALION
CHAPTER III. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN FRANCE--OPERATIONS AT NEUVE CHAPELLE
CHAPTER IV. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, 1915
CHAPTER V. OPERATIONS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1915
CHAPTER VI. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE 47TH DIVISION
CHAPTER VII. THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN MALTA, GALLIPOLI PENINSULA AND SOUTHERN EGYPT
CHAPTER VIII. THE ¾TH AND 4/4TH BATTALIONS AT HOME
CHAPTER IX. THE FORMATION OF THE 56TH DIVISION
CHAPTER X. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME, 1916
I. The Attack on Gommecourt
CHAPTER XI. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME, 1916
II. The Battles of September and October
The Battle of Ginchy, 5th-10th September
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette 15th-18th September
The Battle of Morval, 25th September
The Battle of the Le Transloy Ridges 1st-18th October
CHAPTER XII. THE ¼ BATTALION DURING THE WINTER 1916/17
CHAPTER XIII. THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN FRANCE--GERMAN RETIREMENT FROM THE SOMME
CHAPTER XIV. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES OF ARRAS, 1917
CHAPTER XV. THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES FOR BULLECOURT, 1917
CHAPTER XVI. THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES
I. The ¼th Battalion on the Menin Road
CHAPTER XVII. THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES
II. The 2/4th Battalion on the Northern Ridges
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI, 1917
CHAPTER XIX. THE ¼TH BATTALION, WINTER 1917/18--THE RESERVE BATTALION, 1916/17
I. The ¼th Battalion in Artois
II. The Reserve Battalion
CHAPTER XX. THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1918
I. Preparations for the German Offensive
II. The Retreat from La Fère
III. The Action at Villers-Bretonneux
CHAPTER XXI. THE ¼TH BATTALION IN THE DEFENCE OF ARRAS, 1918
CHAPTER XXII. THE ¼TH AND 2/4TH BATTALIONS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS OF 1918--THE RESERVE BATTALION, 1918
The ¼th Battalion
The 2/4th Battalion
The Reserve Battalion
CHAPTER XXIII. THE FINAL ADVANCE
I. The 2/4th Battalion in the Battles of Amiens and Bapaume, 1918
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FINAL ADVANCE
II. The ¼th Battalion in the Battle of Bapaume, 1918
CHAPTER XXV. THE FINAL ADVANCE
III. The ¼th Battalion in the Battles of Cambrai and The Sambre, 1918
APPENDIX I. MALTA
APPENDIX II. HONOURS AND DECORATIONS
APPENDIX III. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 4TH LONDON REGIMENT IN 1920
INDEX
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F. Clive Grimwade
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The Brigade was not assembled in front of Neuve Chapelle until darkness had fallen, and in order to allow time for the necessary dispositions to be made, General Egerton, who for this operation commanded not only the Ferozepore, but also the Jullundur and Sirhind Brigades, arranged for the attack to commence at 10.30 p.m. At 9.30 p.m., however, orders were received cancelling the attack and indicating that the offensive had closed, and the Brigade returned to billets in Vieille Chapelle and Lacouture.
Meanwhile the 4th Londons proceeded with the relief of the 41st Dogras, and although they occupied the line only for a few hours, perhaps we may be pardoned for a rather more detailed record of the night's work than the importance of the operation warrants in view of the fact that this was the first tour of duty done by the Battalion in trenches. The sector to be occupied lay at an interval of about 300 yards from the right limit of the Neuve Chapelle attack as already described, and consisted of a frontage of some 400 yards, in front of the Rue du Bois. The line in this part did not consist of a continuous line of trenches. In the first place, the ground here, as for miles in each direction, was too waterlogged to admit of a trench being dug, and the defences, therefore, consisted of a breastwork built up above ground level, and in most parts of this sector the breastwork did not exceed three feet in height and was entirely without parados. As a result, moreover, of the recent fighting the defensive line consisted rather of a series of short breastworks with gaps between them which could only be crossed under cover of darkness. Communication trenches to the rear were non-existent and the breastwork had to be approached from the Rue du Bois, to which it ran parallel at a distance of about fifty yards, "overland." It may be of interest to those who served in this area with the regiment in the winter of 1916/17 to state that this feeble breastwork was almost in the position of the support line subsequently known as Guards' Trench.
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