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Breaking of the Hindenburg Line North 6Th of St B R EA KING TH E HIN DE N B U RG LIN E T HE S TO R Y O F TH E 46T H ( N O R T H MID LA N D) DIVISIO N B R EAKIN G T HE H I N D E N B U R G L I N E THE S TOR Y OF THE 46 TH (N O RT H MI DLAN D) DIVIS IO N M A R E E OR R . S R E LE M . C . J P I T Y , . , WI TH A N IN TR ODUCTI ON B Y - M R E ER B Y D C . B . O G N . F . O AJ AL G , , M . D . C . WI T H T W O M A PS A N D S E V E N T E E N IL L U S T R ATI ON S SH R U NW N LTD N F E . LON D O : T . I I , A D ELPHI T ER R ACE Fi r st published in S eptember 19 19 S co n d im r ss io n N ov mb r 1 1 e p e , e e 9 9 A LL RIGH TS RE S ERV ED OUR COMRADE S WHO HAVE FALLE N IN THE GREAT ADVE NTURE MAY W E PROVE WORTHY OF THEM IN THE D AYS TO C OME FOR E WOR D ’ MAJ OR PRIESTLEY S book is not intended as an official record ! nevertheless it affords a graphic and accurate account of what took place on a small but decisive sector of the Western front during the Battles of the ” Hundred Days . It was my good fortune to take over command of the North Midland Division at a critical moment of its career , and j ust before we marched south to j oin General ’ Sir H . Rawlinson s Fourth Army . To my predecessor, - ri Major General W . Thwaites , must be asc bed the credit of having organized and trained the Division into a fighting machi ne in which every officer and man was ’ imbued with a real soldier s spirit . It is to thi s fixed deter mination to win through at all costs , regardless of incidents on flank and in rear , that I mainly attribute the successes won by the Division . r c - We j oined the IX Co ps , ommanded by Lieut . Gen . Sir Walter Braithwaite , and consisting of three distin uished fi 6 th r g ghting units , but the 4 were dete mined to make a name for themselves second to none . No man can say that they failed . ERALD . D G F BOY , Maj or -Gen er al C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER PAGE OUTLINE OF THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THE 46TH TH D D D 1 1 —1 18 (NOR MI LAN ) IVISION , 9 4 9 B Y E T N - U N T C ON T . C . N B D LI E A OL EL EW OL , D . S . O T . D . 1 TH S H S A N D M OR E . ( /5 E RWOO D ) , AJ . A E S R . E . L WI , PART I THE B A TTLE OF B ELLE N GLI S E 2 th S e tember 1 1 8 ( 9 p , 9 ) CB A PTE R I AND R . PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS PREPA ATION S FOR THE ATTAC K T C THE II . HE D S T C STAFFOR S ROSS . Q UENTIN ANAL AN D BREACH THE HIN D ENBURG LINE III CC X D B Y H D C SU ESS E PLOITE S ERWOO S , LIN OLN S , AN D LEICESTERS PART II THE B A TTLE OF RAMI COUR T THE C C IV . VI TORY AT RAMI OURT E C - CK E D— THE V . EN MY OUNTER ATTA S REPULS AD VAN CE TO BOHAIN 14 CONTENTS PART III THE B A TTLE ! OF ANDI GN Y P C HA PTE R AGE I THE C OF THE D E R I UE RVAL AN D V . LEARING BOIS Q THE BATTLE OF AN D IGNY LE S FERMES PART IV THE LAS T PHAS E : CA TI LLON TO S AI N S V II THE D C TO D U D . A VAN E SAINS NOR APPE NDICE S D C D A N D DE I . GERMAN IVISIONS E N OUNTERE FEATE D B Y THE 46 TH D IVISION BETWEE N THE 24TH SEPTEMBER A ND THE 1 1TH NOV 1 18 EMBER , 9 C THE 2 TH II . ASUALTIES BETWEE N 4 SEPTEMBER A N D THE 1 1TH 1 1 8 NOVEMBER , 9 D D D To THE D III . IMME IATE REWAR S GRANTE IVI SION FROM 24TH SEPTEMBER TO TI TH 1 18 NOVEMBER , 9 D 2 8TH 1 1 IV . OR ER O F BATTLE , FEBRUARY , 9 5 D 2 TH 1 18 v . OR ER O F BATTLE , 9 SEPTEMBER , 9 IND Ex I L L U S T R A T I O N S HI S MAJESTY KING GEORGE V INSPE CTING THE BATTLE FIELD OF BELLENGLISE F r antispiece FACING PAGE V C . AND CAPTAIN J C GREEN , , C E C V . V . C CAPTAIN C . G VI KERS , . , ARLY . HEROES OF THE 46TH DIVISION V C T TH . C LIE UTENANT J C BARRETT , , /5 LEI ESTERS . D D THE C SEVERELY WOUN E IN ATTA K ON PONTRUET , AN D AWARDE D THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR HI S BRAVERY AN D LEAD ERSHIP D URING THE ACTION H THE AIR PHOTOGRAP OF ST . QUENTIN CANAL AT H THE C BELLENGLISE , S OWING DEFEN E SYSTEM To THE E AST OF THE CANAL AN D THE GERMAN BRI DGES 32 N H THE C C ST . QUE TIN CANAL , S OWING BRI K FA ING OF D T I TH THE CANAL AN ITS S EEP BANKS . N E DISTANCE THE REMAINS OF A GERMAN FOOTB RI D GE - D . B V C BRIGA IER GENERAL J V CAMP ELL , . BRIGADE COMMAN D ER I 37TH INFANTRY BRIGADE H R H A N D THE AI R P OTOG AP OF BELLENGLISE ST. QUENTIN CANAL FROM ABOVE THE HIN DEN B URG DEFENCES WES T OF THE CANAL H R E UE VAL R D ST . QUENTIN CANAL WIT Q B I GE . FROM ’ THIS PICTURE THE VALUE OF CAPTAIN CHARLTON s WORK IN PRESERVING THE BRID GE FROM D E S TR UCTION IS WELL SEEN I 6 I LLUSTRATI ONS FACING PAGE - r 6TH C. V . LIEUTENANT COLONEL B . W . VANN , , M C , / H D D C THE S ERWOO S . KILLE IN A TION AT BATTLE OF RAMICOURT - S O D C B D . MAJOR GENERAL G . F. BOY , . , C 6TH M G . O. C. D . 4 DIVISION H S V C 1 m H D . SERGEANT W . H . JO N ON , . , 5 S ERWOO S THE HERO OF THE ATTACK ON THE BEAUREVOIR FONS OMME LINE - . C . C . V . LAN E CORPORAL W H COLTMAN , . , M M , 1 6TH H D H / NORT STAFFOR S , W OSE CONSTANT BRAVERY IN ACTION HAS AD DE D A GLORI OUs PAGE To THE HIS TORY OF THE 46TH DIVISION - C M. G B D . RIGA IER GENERAL F G M . ROWLEY, BRIGADE COMMAN DER 138TH INFANTRY BRIGADE D - H D BRIGA IER GENERAL SIR HILL C IL , 6TH C . R . A . 4 DIVISION D - G . D BRI A IER GENERAL J HARINGTON , BRIGA E COMMAN DER 139TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MEMORIAL CROSS ERECTE D ON THE HIGH GROUN D NEAR BELLENGLISE IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF THE 46TH DIVISION B R EA KIN G THE HI N DE N BU R G LIN E INTRODUCTORY CHAPTE R OUTLINE OF THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THE 4OTH (NORTH MI D LAN D) D IVISION IN THE WAR IN wr iting this introductory chapter it S hould at once be stated that it is not in any way intended to be a history of the Division since its arrival in France , nor does it attempt to do j ustice to the bravery and tenacity ex hib ited at all times dur ing the years it was on the l Western front . It is j ust an attempt to out ine its doings z and movements from the time of its mobili ation until , 1 18 in September 9 , it j oined the Fourth Army 6th The 4 Division , which was responsible for what was e d scribed in the Press as the Miracle of the War, and whose exploits during the Hundred Days are descri bed C — i in the following hapters , is one of the pre war Territor al Divisions . In days of peace it was known as the North Midland u Division , and was composed of men from the co nties of N . Derby , ottingham , Lincoln , Leicester , and Stafford It M - was then commanded by aj or General the Hon . E . J . - - B . C . Montagu Stuart Wortley , , D S O Of z On the outbreak war the Division mobili ed , its 2 E 1 8 THROUGH THE HINDENBURG LIN headquarters being first at Derby , and afterwards at ’ Luton and Bishop s Stortford . After less than seven months ’ training in E ngland it was ordered to France I n 1 1 February 9 5 , enj oying the distinction of being the first complete Terri torial Division to arri ve in any theatre of war .
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