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Aubers Ridge   12 Books
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First Army Panorama No. P.80 made on 1.6.16 from Avington Park M24(c)05.4 Sheet 36 including a field of view of 28ø from about 160ø-188ø. 28" long by 7" tall, 3 photo. plates, details of date & location printed on paper label top left, another adjacent label warns of security & states "When troops are relieved this Panorama must be handed over to the relieving troops."  #66027
[HLMainPic] Taken from the road north of Neuve Chapelle (Avington Park was probably the name of a house on the road used as an OP) looking south-east towards the German Line between Aubers & Neuve Chapelle. The British breastwork front line very clearly delineated in the foreground (a trench sign can be made out, bearing the map square of the location: M24) the German breastworks also clearly visible beyond with a blockhouse (at map ref. M.30.b.8.05) identified in the image. Superb view of the battlefield exactly as the artillery FOO's using the OP would have viewed it. Rolled, VG. These rare surviving panoramas are some of the finest contemp. records of the nature of the Western Front trench lines as seen by the participants in events. See illustrations on our website.   £250
The Jullundur Brigade in France & Flanders 1914-1915. 1st Ed., orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [ii]+64pp., num. photos., 3 maps. New Delhi: Kraftwerk Print & Design [for the Brigade Association]. nd (c.1990)  #67210
[HLMainPic] The 8th Bde. of the Lahore Division consisted of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regt., 47th Sikhs & 59th Scinde Rifles. A useful concise illustrated account of their active service in France & Flanders, plus chronology, regimental notes &c. VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.   £35
The Story of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 41st Dogras, Volume I. October 1900 to December 1923 & October 1917 to March 1922. Compiled from the Digest of Services & Other Sources by Officers of the Regiment. 1st Ed., [ix]+146+xpp., portrait frontis., 10 plates, 5 fldg. maps. Printed by Thacker & Co. Ltd, Bombay, For Private Circulation Only. nd (c.1935). 1935  #64620
[HLMainPic] 41st Dogras raised 1900: served in China then with Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914-15, then in Mesopotamia, Afghan War 1919, Aden, Somaliland &c. 2nd Bn. raised 1917 served in Afghan War 1919, Mahsud campaign 1920 & Wana Column 1921. On IA reorganisation in 1922 the 1st B. became 3/17th Dogras & the 2nd Bn. the 10th (Training) Bn. Rare history with much interesting detail, composite photos. of COs & Subedars-Major, &c. "This is a handsome book, a pleasure to handle, & full of facts. The appendices are exceptionally good. The H&A appendix, for example, includes details of all IOM & IDSM awards, foreign awards, full citations where appropriate, & details of Recommendations." - Perkins. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £375
BORASTON (Lt.-Col. J.H.) & BAX (Capt. C.E.) The Eighth Division in War 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xv+359pp., 18 illus., 21 maps. Medici. 1926  #65187
[HLMainPic] Regular Div. F&F 1914-18 inc. Festubert; Aubers Ridge; Loos; Somme; Arras; 3rd Ypres; March Retreat; Final Advance. Order of Battle, awards roll, col. plates of unit patches. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £50
BORASTON (Lt.-Col. J.H.) & BAX (Capt. C.E.) The Eighth Division in War 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xv+359pp., 18 illus., 21 maps. Medici. 1926  #67205
[HLMainPic] Regular Div. F&F 1914-18 inc. Festubert; Aubers Ridge; Loos; Somme; Arras; 3rd Ypres; March Retreat; Final Advance. Order of Battle, awards roll, col. plates of unit patches. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
DOHERTY (Simon) & DONOVAN (Tom) The Indian Corps on the Western Front: A Handbook & Battlefield Guide. 1st Ed., hardback edition, 194pp., 4to, approx. 200 photos., 34 col. maps. Tom Donovan Editions. 2014  #62065
[HLMainPic] Acclaimed complete Indian Corps history, including the background and composition of the Corps, its equipment & armament, leadership & several controversial issues such as a supposed tendency to desert to the enemy & the myth of self-inflicted wounds. Following a chapter on minor operations & trench warfare there are narratives of the ten major battles or operations in which the Corps participated during its year on the Western Front. Each of these is followed by a battlefield guide with clear maps & directions which will enable visitors to the scenes of these great events to follow them on the ground. Finally, there are descriptions of some of the notable Indian cemeteries & memorials in France & Belgium, with a suggested tour of some of those in the Indian Corps sector, details of the hospitals established for Indians on the south coast during 1914-15, with a tour of the Brighton hospitals and memorials. Only 50 copies of the hardback edition were printed & is out of print. See illustration on our website.   £45
DRAKE-BROCKMAN (Brig. D.H., CMG) With The Royal Garhwal Rifles in The Great War from August 1914 to November 1917. 1st Ed., 164pp., 4to, 12 portraits, 26 photos. (inc. several aerial photos.), one fldg. & 8 sketch maps. No imprint [Privately printed by the author]. 1934  #65139
[HLMainPic] A splendid detailed account of the regiment, largely with the Indian Corps in France 1914-15, by their CO, with num. interesting photos. & sketch maps of positions &c. Roll of officers & var. orders, notes on trenches &c. reproduced. Perkins 485. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front, professionally recased, fine copy thus & very scarce. See illustration on our website.   £225
EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1915 [Part II]: Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert & Loos. Text only: 1st Ed., lii+488pp., 43 sketch maps. Macmillan. 1928  #65235
[HLMainPic] Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. The author Henry Williamson's copy with marginal annotations indicative of events being adapted for HW's 'Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' notably the Battle of Loos, plus a lengthy note to ffep containing some experimental snippets of Twinkle's dialogue in 'A Fox Under My Cloak' (Twinkle being Phillip Maddison's soldier-servant). Later used by A.W. (Anne Williamson) for research & during a battlefield tour. See illustration on our website.   £80
EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1916 [Part I]: Sir Douglas Haig's Command to the 1st July: Battle of the Somme. Text only: 1st Ed., xxvi+523pp., 27 sketch maps. Macmillan. 1932  #61421
[HLMainPic] Up to & including 1/7/16 with Order of Battle of the opposing armies. Orig. red cloth, gilt, some wear to sp., VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
MAZE (Paul) A Frenchman in Khaki. 1st Ed., [xiii]+353pp., 8 plates, 5 maps. VG in dw. Heinemann. 1934  #62015
[HLMainPic] Interpreter with the BEF from Aug. 1914 to the end, notably at Gough's 5th Army HQ &c. DCM, MM & bar, Croix de Guerre. A most entertaining narrative with Churchill preface. The original 1st Edition, bound in plain mustard cloth with red, white & blue decorative bands, titled in back to front & sp., VG excellent, near fine dw, but for a small tear/gap at top of front board, with contemp. ink ownership "George Deleforce" to ffep & inscribed by author on title page "For an interested visitor! Very cordially - Paul Maze." Rare in dw. See illustrations on our website.   £225

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