DOCSLIB.ORG

World War One Blog July to September 1917 Adobe

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
World War One Blog July to September 1917 Adobe Irish Voices from the First World War A blog based on PRONI sources Monitoring the pace, accuracy and effect of bombardment and the ebb and flow of infantry attack was indispensable to trench warfare, D1981/1 July to September 1917 British Army commanders were convinced that the Western German army would have been close to defeat by later 1917, had not the Russian front begun to crumble in September, as revolutionary insurgents, crucially assisted by the German state, took over the Russian administration in a vast upheaval. Following the misery of Passchendaele where teeming rain created perhaps one of the bleakest landscapes of battle in the war, the British Army revived in confidence by virtue of promising success in the mass use of tanks during the first days of Cambrai. In spite of formal adherence to international rules of combat, how prisoners were treated, by all sides, depended greatly on the state of mind of attacking troops hour by hour, D1981/1 Document 1: Journal entries of Captain Godfrey John Mulholland (4th son of Henry, 2nd Baron Dunleath, Ballwalter Park), Horse Transport, Army Service Corps, June 1917. The A.S.C. was responsible for supply of food, equipment and ammunition to forces on front line. Mulholland proud of equestrian assignment and skills [D4179/9/2/] 4th June – Went on Leave 14th June – Went to very good Corps Horse Show near Mardeuil in which we won 1st prize for best stripped H.D. horse. Went to still better Army Horse Show at Camblain l’Abbé, excellent jumping and turns out. A Portuguese officer won the jumping. Arthur Anderson came & saw me. July – Corps Commander came & inspected us & was very pleased with everything. It has been decided that A.S.C. officers under 30 are to be attached to Infantry keeping their rank & pay. As I do not want to have to march on foot with a pack on my back, I have resubmitted my previous application to transfer to the Royal Field Artillery. It has been recommended by the Divisional General. Went up with King to a good observation point & got a splendid view of Oppy & Douai. 14TH July – rode up with 1st Line Transport of Nelson battalion with rations. Rained very heavily. I left here 9pm & got back 2.30 am soaked through & covered with mud. The trenches were over one’s boots in water. We went as far as Battalion Headquarters about 300 yards from Front Line just in front of Oppy. Not very much shelling. It was pitch dark & very slippery. We trotted nearly whole way back, an exciting game as shell holes were strewn all over the track. It was rather like scenic railway at Earls Court as you could not see your horse’s head & you suddenly found yourself going down into a shell hole & then going up a steep hill & then down again. None of the horses fell. It was very interesting & I was very glad to experience it under the worst conditions. The front line was a very pretty sight like a big firework display though the machine gun & whistling of the shells over our head & the stretcher etc made things very real. 17th July - Motored round with Smyth to try & find Arthur Farnham, but could not find him anywhere. 22nd July – My application for transfer to Royal Field Artillery refused by G.H.Q. on grounds that A.S.C. (Army Service Corps) officers are only eligible for transfer to Infantry or Flying Corps. I am disappointed. Rode with C.O. to Souchez, then climbed on to Vimy Ridge & had a good view of Lens, Lieven, Avion & Vimy. A good deal of shelling but none near us. 25th July – Put in application for transfer to Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Branch. 5th August – Attended Parade Service of 1st Army at Ranchicourt about 5000 on parade, very fine service. 8th August – Went to very good performance by the 12th Division at the Theatre Arras, a sort of musical comedy. Quite as good as a lot of shows in London. 10th August – Baddish pain in my back. 11th August – Stayed in bed all day, took castor oil. I think the pain is muscular. 12th August – got up, but pain is still there. 23rd August – Wrote to Tom Vesey re transferring to Irish Guards. There is just a possibility of my being recommended to go through a course with a view to become a Staff Officer. 23rd August – Have been playing polo about twice a week & enjoy it very much. Heard from Tom Vesey’s brother who says they will take me in the Irish Guards which is good news. 25th August – Left our camp near Arras & moved to Savy. I rode across country the whole way in 2 hours about 12 miles, very pleasant ride. Horrible being in billets after 5 months in camp. 26th August – Rode to Aubigny & got my hair cut. 27th August – Rode to Rocourt & back to see 2 Company. 2nd Sept – Motred to Wormhoudt, rest of Division entrained. Fairly busy day looking for refilling points etc. 3rd Sept – Tried to meet Companies detraining, got to bed 1 am 4th Sept – Got up 5 am & went round companies. Motored round Briefen, Poperinghe etc, looking for Refilling Points. Shells dropped quite near enough. One divisional train lost 90 horses from shell fire, 50 killed chiefly by bombs. Document 2: Lt-Colonel Robert David (Bob) Perceval-Maxwell (Finnebrogue, Downpatrick), Battalion Commander, 13th Royal Irish Rifles, to his wife, Edith, 11th July 1917 Bob Perceval-Maxwell worries about parading Orangemen and the threat of Sinn Fein back home while he looks forward to taking the 12th holiday in Flanders [D1556/27/1/8] – I have not much news or time but must send you a line. We began the morning at 6.30 breakfast at 5.45 and + were hard at work till 12. Then lunch. Then a bayonette fighting man & for me a week’s programme of work & musketry to make out. A lot of official correspondence & tonight I am going to dine with the Brigadier. The day was lovely & this is a very healthy upland sort of country exactly like the Sussex Downs & just the same chalk soil. What luck we had to be together all that time. My darling I am so glad you are in Ireland. London seems to be having a bad time. No letters for me for two or three days now but I expect the G.P.O being bombed has upset the post. Also I hear that submarines have been about Ireland. One of my own boys just returned from leave says he was hung up at Kingstown but as far as I can make out the submarine was at or near Queenstown, however, returning from leave, that is near enough. I wonder what will happen at the Conference. I don’t suppose anything except perhaps widening the split between everyone. Still of course one never can tell & perhaps the very violence of the Sinn Fein may drive less violent people to our side. Just heard from Dick a very vague letter but he seems to be going about 12 miles from here only his map references don’t agree with any map I can find. I am trying to borrow a motor to run over & see him tomorrow as it is a holiday being the 12th, but I don’t know if I shall succeed. If not I shall try to get leave on Sunday but we are training every day now, milady most of Sunday so it is hard to get away. My darling I shall be thinking of you & the Orangemen on tomorrow. I hope everything will be all right & that they won’t bother you. I wouldn’t bother them about paying for the fencing. They won’t do much harm & it is a small matter. Love to Jack, David and all & heaps for yourself. Forgive blots my pen wants nurses careful hand. I hope she is better Document 3: Correspondence between Major-General Oliver Nugent, commander 36th (Ulster) Division, and wife, Kitty, July 1917 Nugent emotionally overwhelmed by courage and perseverance of Ulster Division on the field at Messines. Relieved to get chance of leave and rest and London holiday with his wife and children. Decorated with battle-honours. His mind flits between trenches and family [D3835/E/2/13/21] 3rd July 1917 While I think of it please send me my waterproof by post. I left it in the hall in the hotel and forgot to see it put into the taxi. We had an uneventful journey. I travelled over on the bridge of the ship as I was in command on board. The Channel was very full of ships. We did not get to Boulogne till 9.30 p.m. so had some dinner at the buffet there. I found Lindsey Fitzpatrick and Mrs Fitzpatrick and the Duchess of Westminster at the next table. Mrs Fitzpatrick was Mrs Malone, an aunt, I believe of Madge Fowler. I told her of our hammering on M. Fowler’s door and she and John only came home on Saturday so I suspect he and M. had gone off somewhere. I am to meet a certain illustrious personage tomorrow in the Morning and again in the afternoon when I shall receive my CB. I shall send it to you to keep. I couldn’t keep it here. Did you go back to the bazaar and I hope you enjoyed it. Did Lady N. turn up? We are out of the trenches now and I hope we shan’t be back there for at least a month.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Revolution in Real Time: the Russian Provisional Government, 1917
    ODUMUNC 2020 Crisis Brief Revolution in Real Time: The Russian Provisional Government, 1917 ODU Model United Nations Society Introduction seventy-four years later. The legacy of the Russian Revolution continues to be keenly felt The Russian Revolution began on 8 March 1917 to this day. with a series of public protests in Petrograd, then the Winter Capital of Russia. These protests But could it have gone differently? Historians lasted for eight days and eventually resulted in emphasize the contingency of events. Although the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the rule of history often seems inventible afterwards, it Tsar Nicholas II. The number of killed and always was anything but certain. Changes in injured in clashes with the police and policy choices, in the outcome of events, government troops in the initial uprising in different players and different accidents, lead to Petrograd is estimated around 1,300 people. surprising outcomes. Something like the Russian Revolution was extremely likely in 1917—the The collapse of the Romanov dynasty ushered a Romanov Dynasty was unable to cope with the tumultuous and violent series of events, enormous stresses facing the country—but the culminating in the Bolshevik Party’s seizure of revolution itself could have ended very control in November 1917 and creation of the differently. Soviet Union. The revolution saw some of the most dramatic and dangerous political events the Major questions surround the Provisional world has ever known. It would affect much Government that struggled to manage the chaos more than Russia and the ethnic republics Russia after the Tsar’s abdication.
    [Show full text]
  • World War I Timeline C
    6.2.1 World War I Timeline c June 28, 1914 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia are killed by Serbian nationalists. July 26, 1914 Austria declares war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of Serbia, prepares to enter the war. July 29, 1914 Austria invades Serbia. August 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia. August 3, 1914 Germany declares war on France. August 4, 1914 German army invades neutral Belgium on its way to attack France. Great Britain declares war on Germany. As a colony of Britain, Canada is now at war. Prime Minister Robert Borden calls for a supreme national effort to support Britain, and offers assistance. Canadians rush to enlist in the military. August 6, 1914 Austria declares war on Russia. August 12, 1914 France and Britain declare war on Austria. October 1, 1914 The first Canadian troops leave to be trained in Britain. October – November 1914 First Battle of Ypres, France. Germany fails to reach the English Channel. 1914 – 1917 The two huge armies are deadlocked along a 600-mile front of Deadlock and growing trenches in Belgium and France. For four years, there is little change. death tolls Attack after attack fails to cross enemy lines, and the toll in human lives grows rapidly. Both sides seek help from other allies. By 1917, every continent and all the oceans of the world are involved in this war. February 1915 The first Canadian soldiers land in France to fight alongside British troops. April - May 1915 The Second Battle of Ypres. Germans use poison gas and break a hole through the long line of Allied trenches.
    [Show full text]
  • TIMELINE of EVENTS March 1917 Tsar Nicholas Abdicates and The
    TIMELINE OF EVENTS March 1917 Tsar Nicholas abdicates and the Provisional Government takes over supported by the Soviet. It now has to deal with all the problems which led to the downfall of the Tsar – the war, food shortages and peasant demands for land…. April 16th 1917 Lenin arrives in Russia. He makes a speech demanding an end to the war with Germany, land for the peasants and nationalisation of banks. He insists that no support be given to the Provisional Government – instead the Soviets (there are Soviets in other cities) should get together and form a new government. These ideas became known as the April Theses. June 1917 The Provisional Government orders the armies to attack Austria. This fails and turns into a retreat. Soldiers began to desert in large numbers. Many go to Petrograd and join the Bolsheviks demanding an end to the Provisional Government July 1917 100000 soldiers and Bolsheviks are out in the streets demanding ‘All power to the Soviets’. These three days of rioting in Petrograd are known as the July Days. Kerensky sends loyal troops into the city to deal with the uprising. He claims the Bolsheviks have been paid by Germany to make trouble and Lenin is a German agent. Lenin has to leave Russia to avoid arrest and goes to Finland. Other leading Bolsheviks are arrested. The Bolsheviks have become unpopular and weak. August 1917 Kerensky become leader of the Provisional Government. He has to deal with a challenge from General Kornilov, Commander in Chief of the army who wants to take control.
    [Show full text]
  • US Citizen Enlistees in the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force
    Adventurers, patriots, and loyal British subjects: U.S. citizen enlistees in the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) June Mastan The border between the United States and Canada has always been porous with considerable and continuous cross border movement over the last almost four hundred years for purposes of immigration and emigration, as well as for work and family. The early years of the First World War brought another element of border crossing as U.S. citizens sought to join the war effort by joining the Canadian military and as it turns out, Canada was quite happy to accept them. While the United States formally entered the First World War on April 6, 1917, its northern neighbor Canada automatically joined the conflict with Great Britain’s declaration of war on August 4, 1914. Canada achieved Dominion status in 1867 and with that some measure of independence, but it was not until 1931 and the formation of the Commonwealth that Canada achieved true independence from Great Britain under the Statute of Westminster, so Great Britain’s entry into the war instantly obligated Canada’s participation.1 The population of early twentieth century Canada was still small at approximately 8 million people but ultimately, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) consisted of 619,636 men and women with 424,589 of them serving overseas.2 The expectations put upon Canada to produce sufficient numbers of recruits, officers, medical staff, and other technically skilled personnel such as engineers were enormous. The Canadian War Museum estimates that approximately 40,000 U.S. citizens served in the CEF and this paper explores a small sampling of who some of these individuals were and why many wanted to serve so badly in a war their own country was endeavoring to stay out of.
    [Show full text]
  • Special Libraries, September 1917 Special Libraries Association
    San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Special Libraries, 1917 Special Libraries, 1910s 9-1-1917 Special Libraries, September 1917 Special Libraries Association Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1917 Part of the Cataloging and Metadata Commons, Collection Development and Management Commons, Information Literacy Commons, and the Scholarly Communication Commons Recommended Citation Special Libraries Association, "Special Libraries, September 1917" (1917). Special Libraries, 1917. Book 7. http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1917/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Libraries, 1910s at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Special Libraries, 1917 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Special Libraries - -- Vol. 8 SEPTEMBER, 1917 No. 7 - -- - .. - --. - - -- -- - Minutes of the Special Libraries Association Louisville, Kentucky, June 25 and 20, 1917. FIRST SESSION Ethel &I. Jol~nson, 1ibr:~ri:uri of tlic WCII~CII'A Eclucationnl nntl Incluslrinl Union, 13osl011. June 25, 1917, A.M. Thc ninth nnnuiil rncc!t.ing of thts Spccial THIRD SESSION Librnrics Association was callctl to ordrr by tllc lJrcsidcnt, Dr. C. C. lVill~:unson,on the tcntll June 26, 1917, P.M. floor of tlic Bcclb:wli, :it 9.30 A.M. (1, 7 I hc BO-callcd libral MI'S ~.td~SOVIIIC~'~ by Mntlhc\v Srusli, Prrsitlent 01 thc 13oston Elc- valccl 12niJwny was rc:d hy Mr. Lcc of Boston. Dr. Paul T-I. Nysl.ro111 ol the 1ntrrn:~l.ionnl M:~gaxii~cCornpnny prrsentc!tl nn unusu:d con- tributm~ of spcci:d 1ihr:n.y 11l.cmturc In 111s iultlr~s"Tllc busincss library :IS :un inwstment, " 'I'licn lollowcd the prcsulontid ~ltldrrsshy Dr W~ll~i~~nson,printed in this ISBI~Oof SPECIAL Lma~itrm.
    [Show full text]
  • The Root Mission to Russia, 1917. Alton Earl Ingram Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1970 The Root Mission to Russia, 1917. Alton Earl Ingram Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Ingram, Alton Earl, "The Root Mission to Russia, 1917." (1970). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 1786. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/1786 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 71-3418 } INGRAM, Alton Earl, 1934- THE ROOT MISSION TO RUSSIA, 1917. [ [I' The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ph.D., 1970 History, modern University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan !■ i I ■ 1 ■■ ■■ ■■ !■ ■■ !■■■■! ■' ....... THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED THE ROOT MISSION TO RUSSIA 1917 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of History by Alton Earl Ingram B.A., Northeast Louisiana State College, 1958 M.A., Louisiana State University, 1961 May, 1970 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes to thank his faculty advisor, professor Burl Noggle, for his assistance during the preparation of this dissertation and his wife, Mimi, who has given unlimited assistance, encouragement, and under standing throughout the entire course of his graduate program. TABLE OP CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......................................
    [Show full text]
  • Processes of Tactical Learning in a WWI German Infantry Division1
    Journal of Military and Strategic VOLUME 13, ISSUE 4, Summer 2011 Studies Strategy "in a microcosm": Processes of tactical learning in a WWI German Infantry Division1 Christian Stachelbeck Despite the defeat of 1918, the tactical warfare of German forces on the battlefields against a superior enemy coalition was often very effective. The heavy losses suffered by the allies until well into the last months of the war are evidence of this.2 The tactical level of military action comprises the field of direct battle with forces up to division size. Tactics – according to Clausewitz, the “theory of the use of military forces in combat” – is the art of commanding troops and their organized interaction in combined arms combat in the types of combat which characterized the world war era – attack, defense and delaying engagement.3 1 This paper is based on my book Militärische Effektivität im Ersten Weltkrieg. Die 11. Bayerische Infanteriedivision 1915-1918, Paderborn et al. 2010 (=Zeitalter der Weltkriege, 6). It is also a revised version of my paper: “Autrefois à la guerre, tout était simple“. La modernisation du combat interarmes à partir de l’exemple d’une division d’infanterie allemande sur le front de l’Ouest entre 1916 et 1918. In: Revue Historique des Armées, 256 (2009), pp. 14-31. 2 See Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War (New York: Basic Books, 1999). 3 See Gerhard P. Groß, Das Dogma der Beweglichkeit. Überlegungen zur Genese der deutschen Heerestaktik im Zeitalter der Weltkriege. In: Erster Weltkrieg - Zweiter Weltkrieg. Ein Vergleich. Krieg, Kriegserlebnis, Kriegserfahrung in Deutschland, on behalf of Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Military History Research Institute) edited by Bruno Thoß and Hans-Erich Volkmann, Paderborn et al.
    [Show full text]
  • NJDARM: Collection Guide
    NJDARM: Collection Guide - NEW JERSEY STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION GUIDE Record Group: Governor Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956; 1st Term 1917-1920) Series: Correspondence, 1917-1919 Accession #: 1957.002, 1979.003 prob. Series #: S3900001 Guide Date: 1987 (JK) Volume: 3 c.f. [6 boxes] Contents Box 1 Correspondence filed by county: 1. Atlantic complaints, 1917-1919 (2 files). 2. Atlantic Board of Elections, 2 July 1917. 3. Atlantic requisitions, 1917-1918. 4. Bergen complaints, 1917-1919 (2 files). 5. Bergen requisitions, 1917-1918. 6. Burlington College, 18 May 1917. 7. Burlington complaints, 1917-1918. 8. Burlington requisitions, 1917-1918. 9. Camden complaints, 1917-1919. 10. Camden requisitions, 1917-1918. 11. Cape May complaints, 1917. 12. Cape May requisitions, May, August 1917. 13. Cumberland complaints, 1917-1918. 14. Essex complaints, 1917-1919 (2 files). 15. Essex requisitions, 1917-1918. 16. Gloucester complaints, 1917-1918. 17. Hudson complaints, 1917-1919. 18. Hudson Board of Elections, 1917. 19. Hudson requisitions, 1917-1918. 20. Hunterdon complaints, 1917. 21. Mercer complaints, 1917-1919. 22. Middlesex complaints, 1917-1919. 23. Middlesex requisitions, February, June 1917. 24. Monmouth complaints, 1917-1919. file:///M|/highpoint/webdocs/state/darm/darm2011/guides/guides%20for%20pdf/s3900001.html[5/16/2011 9:34:02 AM] NJDARM: Collection Guide - 25. Monmouth Board of Elections, 1918. 26. Monmouth requisitions, 3-4 September 1917. 27. Morris complaints, 1917-1919. 28. Morris requisitions, 4-5 April 1917. 29. Ocean complaints, 1917-1918. 30. Ocean requisitions, June - July 1917. 31. Passaic complaints, 1917-1919. 32. Passaic requisitions, 3, 12 February 1917. 33. Salem complaints, 1917-1918. 34.
    [Show full text]
  • Federal Reserve Bulletin July 1917
    FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AT WASHINGTON JULY, IS17 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. EX OPFICIO MEMBEES. W. P. G. HARDING. Governor, PAUL M. WARBURG, Vice Governor. WILLIAM G. MCADOO, Secretary of the Treasury, FREDERIC A. DELANO. Ohairman. ADOLPH C. MILLER. CHARLES S. HAMLIN. JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, Comptroller of the Currency. H. PARKER WILLIS, Secretary. SHERMAN ALLBN, Assistant Secretary and Fiscal Agent. M. 0. ELLIOTT, Counsel. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis SUBSCRIPTION PRICE OF BULLETIN. The Federal Reserve Bulletin is distributed without charge to member banks of the system and to the officers and directors of Federal Reserve Banks. In sending the Bulletin to others the Board feels that a subscription should be required. It has accordingly fixed a subscription price of $2 per annum. Single copies wiil be sold at 20 cents. Foreign postage should be added when it will be required. Remittances should be made to the Federal Reserve Board. Member banks desiring to have the Bulletin supplied to their officers and directors may have it sent to not less than 10 names at a subscription price of $1 per annum. No complete sets of the Bulletin for 1915 are available. Bound copies of the Bulletin for 1916 may be had at $5 per copy. in Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page, Review of the month .. 497 Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan 505 New form of Federal Reserve Bank statement .
    [Show full text]
  • Newport News Port of Embarkation in World War I Guide
    BRITISH REMOUNT STATION ANIMAL EMBARKATION DEPOT NO. 301 JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS Between 30th and 34th Streets near downtown piers Between 30th and 34th Streets 300 Washington Blvd., Ft. Eustis Newport News played an important role even before entering WWI. The On August 4, 1917, this depot had the capacity of 900 men, 10,000 Camp Eustis, named after War of 1812 veteran Brigadier General Abraham brutal fi ghting exhausted Great Britain’s supply of horses, which were animals and a veterinary hospital for 1,500 animals. A total of 57,944 Eustis and founder of Fort Monroe’s Artillery School of Practice, was vital to the movement of its troops, artillery, and supplies. The British animals were handled at this depot, and it was recorded that “when created in March 1918. Although 20,000 soldiers were shipped overseas Remount Commission established a Remount Station and by the end of running at capacity, it required 900,000 lbs. of bran, 4,500,000 lbs. of from this camp, its primary purpose was to house several schools. Used the war, almost 500,000 animals, worth nearly $3 billion today, had been oats and 9,000,000 lbs. of hay per month for feeding purposes.” as a coast artillery training camp and artillery range, it also hosted motor transported from this compound. CAMP HILL transport, trench mortar and anti-aircraft artillery units. Of the various camps and depots established in present-day Newport News during WWI, CURTISS FLYING SCHOOL Warwick Blvd. and 64th St. Camp Eustis (known as Fort Eustis after 1923 and now known as Joint 30 Jeff erson Ave.
    [Show full text]
  • The Operational Role of British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-18
    The Operational Role of British Corps Command on the Western Front, 1914-18 Andrew Simpson University College, London Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy © Abstract British corps command having been neglected in the literature, this thesis sets out to assess what British corps did, and how they did it, on the Western Front during the Great War. It attempts to avoid anecdotal sources as much as possible, drawing its evidence instead as much as possible from contemporary official documents. It is a central argument here that Field Service Regulations, Part 1 (1909), was found by commanders in the BEF to be applicable throughout the war, because it was designed to be as flexible as possible, its broad principles being supplemented by training and manuals. Corps began the war in a minor role, as an extra level of command to help the C-in-C control the divisions of the BEF. With the growth in numbers and importance of artilleiy in 1915, divisions could not cope with the quantity of artilleiy allotted theni, and by early 1916, the corps BGRA became the corps artilleiy commander (GOCRA). In addition to its crucial role in artillery control, corps was important as the highest level of operational command, discussing attack plans with Armies and divisions and being responsible for putting Army schemes into practice. Though corps tended to be prescnptive towards divisions in 1916, and Armies towards corps, a more hands-off style of command was generally practised in 1917, within the framework of FSR and the pamphlet SS13S (and others - to be used with FSR).
    [Show full text]
  • Brief Histories of Divisions, U.S. Army 1917-1918
    BRIEF HISTORIES OF DIVISIONS, U.S* AFRMY 1917-1918 Prepared in the -Historical Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff* Junew 1921* *^ 0000000000-- Branch, Note:- Authorities for statemonts of fact are on file ia the Historical Comment, with a view to correction of any error discovered, is invited. Form Approved Report Documentation Page OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE 3. DATES COVERED 2. REPORT TYPE 1921 - 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER Brief Histories of Divisions, U.S. Army 1917- 1918. 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION Army Command & General Staff College,Combined Arms Research REPORT NUMBER Library ,250 Gibbon Avenue,Fort Leavenworth,KS,66027-2314 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10.
    [Show full text]