The War Diaries of General David Watson

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Text
Introduction
Part I Lieutenant-Colonel: 2nd Battalion September 1914–September 1915
	Chapter 1: Salisbury Plain, September 1914–January 1915
		Salisbury Camp (25 September–18 October 1914)
		”A Sea of Mud” (19 October 1914–29 January 1915)
	Chapter 2: Into the Trenches, February–March 1915
		“Apprentices” in Armentières (4 February–31 March 1915)
	Chapter 3: Second Ypres, Festubert, Givenchy, April–June 1915
		Ypres Salient (1–26 April 1915)
		Behind the Lines, Poperinge (27 April–12 May 1915)
		Festubert (15–31 May 1915)
		Essars (1–9 June 1915)
		Givenchy (10–18 June 1915)
	Chapter 4: On Leave, June–September 1915
		Summer on Plug Street (22 June–26 August 1915)
		Changeover (27 August–15 September 1915)
Part II Brigadier-General: 5th Brigade September 1915–April 1916
	Chapter 5: Intrigue and the Front, September 1915–January 1916
	Chapter 6: Disaster at Saint–Éloi Craters, February–April 1916
		Build-up (3 February–26 March 1916)
		Saint-Éloi Craters (27 March–18 April 1916)
Part III Major-General: 4th Division April 1916–July 1919
	Chapter 7: Assembling the 4th Division, April–August 1916
		Putting It Together (19 April–11 August 1916)
	Chapter 8: The Somme, August 1916–December 1916
		With British II Corps at the Somme (12 August 1916–13 September 1916)
		The 4th Division and the Battle of the Somme (14 September–9 October 1916)
		Trial by Fire (10–20 October 1916)
		Final Push on the Somme (21 October–10 November 1916)
		Rebuilding and Refitting (11 November–1 December 1916)
	Chapter 9: Preparations for Vimy, December 1916–March 1917
		Zero + 2 Hours (4 December 1916–20 February 1917)
		Planning Hill 145 (21 February–1 March 1917)
		Disaster at Hill 145 (2 March 1917)
	Chapter 10: Taking Vimy, March–April 1917
		Taking the Ridge (3–29 March 1917)
		Hill 145 and Hill 120 (30 March–9 April 1917)
		Consolidation (10–30 April 1917)
	Chapter 11: Scarpe and Lens, May–July 1917
	Chapter 12: Lens, July–August 1917
		Hill 70 and the Green Crassier (10 July–14 August 1917)
		Into Lens (15–17 August 1917)
		Street Fighting (19–21 August 1917)
		The Green Crassier (22–28 August 1917)
		Leaving Lens (30–31 August 1917)
	Chapter 13: Passchendaele, September–October 1917
		Pas-de-Calais (1 September–12 October 1917)
		Taking Passchendaele (13–25 October 1917)
		Attack on 26 October (26–31 October 1917)
	Chapter 14: Rebuilding, November 1917–January 1918
	Chapter 15: Shake, Rattle, and Roll, February–May 1918
		Fine-tuning an Elite Division (1 February–18 March 1918)
		Spring 1918 (21 March–31 May 1918)
	Chapter 16: Bring in the Tanks and Planes, June–July 1918
		Preparing for the Final Campaign (1 June–31 July 1918)
	Chapter 17: The Hundred Days, August–November 1918
		Shock Army (1–10 August 1918)
		The Battle of Amiens (11–27 August 1918)
		Through the Hindenburg Line (28 August 1918)
		Planning and Attacking Mont Dury (29 August–26 September 1918)
		Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood (27 September–2 October 1918)
		Pushing Through Cambraii (3–16 October 1918)
		Approach to Valenciennes (17–28 October 1918)
		Final Battle (28 October–1 November 1918)
		War’s End (2–11 November 1918)
	Chapter 18: The Aftermath, November–December 1918
		A Service of Thanksgiving (12 November–31 December 1918)
	Chapter 19: Waiting, January–March 1919
		Boxing in the Summer Palace (1 January–31 March 1919)
	Chapter 20: Homeward Bound, April–July 1919
		Sad Goodbyes (7 April–1 July 1919)
Order of Battle for Brigades and Divisions under Watson’s Command
Acronyms
Bibliography
Notes
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