Attack on the Somme : 1st Anzac Corps and the Battle of Pozières Ridge, 1916 / Meleah Hampton.

Collection type	Library
Author	Hampton, Meleah, author.;
Call Number	940.4272 H232a
Document type	Monograph
Year	2016. 2016
Pagination	230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher	Helion & Company Limited,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-225) and index. FIRST WORLD WAR. The Battle of Pozieres Ridge lasted precisely six weeks. In that time the 1st Anzac Corps, in whose sector most of the fighting took place, advanced the British line just over a mile and a half in a northwesterly direction. During this period of time the three divisions of 1st Anzac Corps rotated in and out of the line twice, each time conducting one or more offensive operations against heavily defended German positions. At its conclusion, the fighting around Pozieres and Mouquet Farm had yielded very modest territorial gains at an enormous casualty rate. Although a study of 1st Anzac Corps, Attack on the Somme is not history of Australian endeavor. The Australian Divisions slotted into the British Expeditionary Force on arrival to the We stern Front, and fought under General Gough at Reserve Army. There was nothing particularly remarkable about the corps some members had had some experience at Gallipoli, but the majority were new recruits.
Place made	Solihull, West Midlands

Abstract

1."A general confusion of units": The Capture of Pozieres by the 1st Australian Division, 23 July 1916 -- 2."Met with very heavy machine gun fire": Gordon Legge, the 2nd Australian Division and the OG Lines -- 3."Without rest or relief": 4th Australian Br igade''s Rush of Smaller Operations -- 4."Fie will not move forward tonight": The 13th Brigade Demonstrates the Danger of Ongoing Operations and Low Morale -- 5."Our artillery barrage has not lifted sufficiently": The Ever Diminishing Objective Line -- 6." Mouquet Farm is causing many casualties at present": The Danger of Ignoring the Obvious -- 7."The heroes they are": The End of the 1st Anzac Corps at Pozieres.