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THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1914-1918 (3 VOLUMES)

Written by John Ross-Of-Bladensburg
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford in 1928

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THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1914-1918 (3 VOLUMES)
Written by John Ross-Of-Bladensburg.
Stock no. 2137731
1st. 1928. Hardback. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Larger format. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spines; gilt borders and decorations around motif to front cover. 3rd Volume Contains the Maps. Inscriptions in ink to front endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges and margins. Wrapper to volume I is MISSING it's rear flap and panel. All other wrappers also have edge-chipping and creasing; Maps volume has 1" loss to top of spine.

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Cover of THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1914-1918 (3 VOLUMES) by John Ross-Of-Bladensburg

Contents

  • VOLUME I
  • Biographical Note. By Brigadier-General H.W. Studd
  • Preface
  • I. Beginning of the War
  • II. Retreat from the Belgian Frontier
  • III. Battle of the Marne
  • IV. Battle of the Aisne
  • V. Deadlock on the Aisne
  • VI. Autumn Campaign in Flanders
  • VII. First Battle of Ypres
  • VIII. Situation after the Battle of Ypres
  • IX. Winter Operations
  • X. Early Engagements of the Siege
  • XI. Formation of a Guards Division
  • XII. Battle of Loos
  • XIII. A Period of Trench Warfare
  • XIV. Allied Operations in the Valley of the Somme
  • XV. The Guards Division at the Battle of the Somme
  • VOLUME II
  • XVI. Situation after the Battle of the Somme
  • XVII. Events of the Spring of 1917
  • XVIII. Battle of Passchendaele
  • XIX. Battle of Cambrai
  • XX. The Last Winter of War
  • XXI Battle of St. Quentin
  • XXII. End of the German Offensive
  • XXIII. Advance of the Allies
  • XXIV. Defeat of the Germans
  • XXV. End of the War
  • XXVI. Return of the Coldstream Guards
  • APPENDIXES
  • I. Record of Services of Officers: 5th August 1914 - 31st December 1918
  • II. Awards of the Victoria Cross
  • III. Rewards: Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers and Men
  • IV. Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers and Men promoted or appointed to Commissioned Rank
  • V. Roll of Honour
  • MAPS VOLUME
  • List of Maps
  • 1. Europe, showing the Belligerent countries, and the dates when they became belligerent
  • 2. Western War Theatre
  • 3. Mons and the first part of the Retreat
  • 4. Villers-Cotterets, 1st September 1914
  • 5. Sketch of the retreat from Mons to near Paris
  • 6. The Marne; situation at noon 5th September 1914
  • 7. Battle of the Marne
  • 8. Battle of the Aisne
  • 9. The Extension of the Battle-line Northwards 15th September - 8th October 1914
  • 10. Military operations in Flanders
  • 11. Ypres and neighbourhood
  • 12. Givenchy and neighbourhood
  • 13. Givenchy
  • 14. Gallipoli peninsula
  • 15. Italian (Southern) Front, 1915-1918
  • 16. Battle of Loos
  • 17. Battle of the Somme, 1916
  • 18. Attack by Guards Division, 15th September 1916
  • 19. Attack by Guards Division, 25th September 1916
  • 20. Operations between Amiens and Valenciennes
  • 21. Mesopotamian and Palestinian War Theatres
  • 22. Passage of the Tigris by Sir Stanley Maude
  • 23. Attacks by Guards Division near Ypres - July - October 1917
  • 24. Battle of Cambrai
  • 25. Operations by the 4th Guards Brigade near Hazebrouck, April 1918
  • 26. Operations by the Guards Divison near the Canal du Nord, September 1918
  • 27. Final operations, November 1918