The story of the Fourth Army in the battles of the hundred days, August 8th to November 11th, 1918 / by Major-General Sir Archibald Montgomery. With a foreword by General Lord Rawlinson
- Bib ID:
- 100316
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Montgomery, A. A. (Archibald A.), Sir, 1871-1947
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1919]
- xxiii, 370 p. : ill., port., maps ; 30 cm. + 1 portfolio.
- Full contents:
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- Chapter I. Introductory.
- Chapter II. Preparations for the offensive.
- Chapter III. The Battle of Amiens; the attack of August 8th.
- Chapter IV. The Battle of Amiens (continued) August 9th-11th, and the events of August 12th-21st.
- Chapter V. The advance to Péronne, August 21st-30th.
- Chapter VI. The Battle of Mont St. Quentin, August 30th-September 2nd, and the events of September 3rd and 4th.
- Chapter VII. The advance to the Hindenburg Line, September 5th-28th.
- Chapter VIII. The storming of the Hindenburg Line, September 29th.
- Chapter IX. The completion of the capture of the Hindenburg defences, September 30th-October 2nd, and the capture of the Beaurevoir Line, October 3rd-5th.
- Chapter X. The advance to Le Cateau, October 6th-16th.
- Chapter XI. The Battle of the Selle, October 17th-19th; and the events to October 31st.
- Chapter XII. The crossing of the Sambre and Oise Canal, and the events leading up to the Armistice, November 1st-11th.
- Chapter XIII. Conclusion.
- Appendix A. Comparative table, for the months of March to November, 1918, showing captures, casualties, and reinforcements of the Fourth Army.
- Appendix B. Table giving the battle casualties suffered, and the prisoners captured, by the Fourth Army in the operations between August 8th and November 11th, 1918, shown by Corps.
- Appendix C. Table showing the losses in prisoners suffered by the German divisions, and the number of times these divisions were engaged by the Fourth Army, between August 8th and November 11th, 1918.
- Appendix D. Table showing the rate of absorption of German divisions between August 8th and November 11th, 1918.
- Appendix E. V.C. stories.
- Appendix F. The Fourth Army Orders of Battle for August 8th, September 29th, and November 4th, 1918.
- Appendix G. Table showing the daily ammunition expenditure by the Fourth Army from August 8th to November 11th, 1918.
- Appendix H. Extracts from captured German orders issued during the first half of September, 1918.
- Appendix J. Notes on machine-gun organisation and tactics.
- Appendix K. The adventures of a Whippet tank on August 8th.
- Maps in map case:
- 1. The western theatre of war (showing Army boundaries on August 8th). 1:1,000,000.
- 2. The successive phases of the Fourth Army advance. 1:250,000.
- 3. The attack of August 8th. Battle of Amiens. 1:40,000.
- 4. The advance to Peronne. 1:40,000.
- 5. The attack of the 32nd Division and 1st Australian Division on August 23rd. 1:20,000.
- 6. The capture of Mont St. Quentin, August 31st to September 1st. 1:20,000.
- 7. The attack of the 18th Division at Frégicourt, September 1st. 1:20,000.
- 8. The attack on the outer defences of the Hindenburg Line, September 18th. 1:40,000.
- 9. The operations of III Corps, September 19th to 22nd. 1:20,000.
- 10. The storming of the Hindenburg Line, September 29th to October 2nd. 1:20,000.
- 11. The capture of the Beaurevoir Line, October 3rd to 5th. 1:20,000.
- 12. The advance to Le Cateau. 1:40,000.
- 13. The IX and II American Corps at the Battle of the Selle, October 17th to 19th. 1:40,000.
- 14. The XIII Corps at the Battle of the Selle, October 17th and 18th. 1:20,000.
- 15. The IX and XIII Corps attack on October 23rd and 24th. 1:40,000.
- 16. The advance to Avesnes. 1:40,000.
- 17. The crossing of the Sambre and Oise Canal, November 4th. 1:20,000.
- 18. Barrage map (46th Division, IX Corps on September 29th). 1:20,000.
- 19. Machine-gun tasks for the attack of the 4th Australian Division on September 18th. 1:20,000.
- Panoramic photographs in map case:
- 1. The country looking east from Villers Bretonneux.
- 4. Holnon Wood from the east.
- 5. Epéhy and Peizières from the west.
- 6. View of the country west of the Hindenburg Line as seen from a German balloon.
- 7. The Spoil-bank of the Bellicourt Tunnel as seen from Bony.
- Notes:
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- Includes index (p. 337-370).
- Book contains 9 appendices (A-G & J-K), 10 sketches, 4 diagrams, 4 panoramic photographs, and 100 photographs.
- Map case contains 19 maps and 5 panoramic photographs
- National Library of Australia's copy inscribed on flyleaf "Kenneth Bailey from Elsie Phillimore, Violet Phillimore, C.A. Phillimore, Harry Phillimore, Molly Phillimore, Wattie Phillimore, Christmas 1920"
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232726840
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