Beaumont Hamel
Newfoundland Park
Published on 24. February 2010
112 pages
978-1-78383-300-9 (ISBN)
Description
Designed to act as a diversion to the 'big push', Gommecourt was an attempt to force the Germans to commit their reserves to the front line before the main battle took place. This Battlefield Guide tells the reader what happened and relates it to the ground as it now stands today.
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Advice to Tourers
- How to use this book
- List of Maps
- 1 Beaumont Hamel and the First Day of the Somme
- 2 Beaumont Hamel and the Early Days of the Battle of the Ancre, 13 November 1916
- 3 That Fatal Mine: The Hawthorne Mine I July and 13 November 1916
- 4 Lancashire Fusiliers: in the Line and Over the Top
- 5 Filming the War
- 6 Newfoundland's Day of Heroism and Disaster: 1 July 1916
- 7 The Proving of Harper's Duds: 13 November 1916
- 8 Saving the Wounded
- 9 The Royal Naval Division's First Battle on the Western Front: 13 November 1916
- 10 Bernard Freyberg, VC
- 11 The Tank and the Battle of the Ancre, November 1916
- 12 A Tragedy of War
- 13 Here we are again - Trench Raid 8 June 1918
- 14 The Cemeteries and the Memorials
- 15 Behind the Lines: A car tour both sides of the line
- 16 Car and Walking tours of the Beaumont Hamel area
- Select bibliography and recommended reading
- Index
