Index. Cambridge University Press To Win the Battle: The 1 st Australian Division in the Great War, Robert C Stevenson

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1 Abbeville, 206 Achi Baba, administration, 1st Australian Division internal/ interior economy, 60, 103, 182, 212, 216 leave policy, 75 6 logistics, mail services, 74 5 recreational facilities, 74 regimental canteens, 74 standardised divisional packs, 80 success of, 82 3 supply chain, Western Front and, 183, 189 ambulances, field, 39, 66, 67 Amiens, 138, 148, 185, 195 Ammunition Park, 1st Divisional, 78 Anderson, BG Stuart, 162, 201, 205, 217, 218 ANZAC. See Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Anzac Cove, 114 Anzac legend, 4, 116, 117 Anzac Ridge, 112 Armentières, 138, 140 Armistice, 61, 82, 137, 162, 206, 209 Army, First French, 195 Arras, 5, 164, 166 artillery 10-pounders, pounders, 28, 35, 52, 81, 115, 176 drip rifle, 134, 135 field guns, 4.7in quick-firing, 28 Gallipoli campaign and, 43 guns, 4.7in, 43 guns, high trajectory, 28 howitzers, 51 howitzers, 4.5in, 45, 52, 81, 115, 176 howitzers, 5in breech-loading, 28 howitzers, 6in, 43 Lewis gun, 47, 49, 52, 53, 167, 178, 202 machine-guns, 28, 81, 136, 168, 170, 178, 198 Maxim gun, 29 mortars, 45, 46, 54, 198 rifles,.303, 28 rifles, bolt-action, 136 Vickers gun, 39, 46, 47, 176 Artillery, Royal Australian Field, 25 Aspinall, BG Cecil draft history of Gallipoli campaign and, Austin, Col John, 35, 81, 212, 218 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, 4, 41 Achi Baba and, 125 casualties, 123 command of 1st Australian Division, 41 2 expansion 1916, 43 Gaba Tepe and, 110 Gallipoli campaign and, 115 Order No 21, 133 reduction of garrison at Gallopoli and, 133 Training Depot, 93 Australian Comforts Fund, 74 Australian Corps School, 105 Australian Imperial Force, 2 administration policy, 60 casualties, 62 4 colour patch loyalty in, 96, 213 commissioning system, 97 disbanding of battalions 1918, 53 discipline within,

2 282 INDEX Australian Imperial Force (cont.) divisional histories, 7 expansion, 5, 43 first recruitment, 17 imposition of death sentence and, 71 increase in infantry firepower, 53 mobilisation, 18 officer training, pay system, 76 territorial basis of units, 18 training depots, 96 venereal disease rates, 69, 73 Australian Infantry Base Depot, 96 Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, 15 Australian War Memorial, 4 Baby 700, 116, 121 Bailleul, 185 Bapaume, 148 Bastin, Capt Hector, 100 Battalion, 1st, 23, 160, 173, 202 Battalion, 1st ANZAC Cyclist, 45 Battalion, 1st Machine Gun (AIF), 54 Battalion, 2nd, 23, 71, 129, 160 Battalion, 2nd Tank, 197 Battalion, 3rd, 23, 71, 129, 160 Battalion, 4th, 23, 71, 129, 160, 202 Battalion, 5th, 22, 160 Battalion, 6th, 22, 71, 131, 132, 146, 160 Battalion, 7th, 22, 71, 120, 160 Battalion, 8th, 22, 160 Battalion, 9th, 23, 140, 146, 160 Battalion, 10th, 23, 160, 173, 189, 202 casualties, 146 Celtic Wood raid and, Battalion, 11th, 24, 156, 160 camps, Australian, 31 casualties, 146 Battalion, 12th, 24, 160 Battalion, 58th Infantry (Essendon Rifles), 22 Battery, 1st Heavy, 43 Battery, 8th (AIF), 24 Battery, 37th, 24 Battery, A Field (RAFA), 25 Battery, Trench Mortar (Provisional), 43 Battleship Hill, 115, 116 Bean, CEW, 1, 11, 75, 84, 93, 108, 116, 119, 160, 193, 203, 213, 214 account of Celtic Wood raid, 147 Anzac legend and, 4 Battle of Pozières and, 152, 153 comments on AIF discipline, 71 comments on officer selection, 23 Beddington, Maj Edward ( Moses ), 151, 152 Bennett, Lt Col Alfred, 71 2 Bennett, Maj Gen Henry Gordon, 71, 120, 131, 147, 160, 173, 197, 198, 201, 205, 217 Bessell-Browne, BG Alfred, 24, 162 Birdwood, FM Sir William, 53, 59, 75, 97, 102, 112, 121, 122, 126, 133, 138, 152, 170, 184, 210, 216, 218 command of 1st Australian Division, 41 2 Gallipoli campaign planning and, 116 Gallipoli landings and, 115 training and, 87 8, 93 Blamey, FM Sir Thomas, 5, 34, 88, 99, 101, 106, 126, 149, 151, 157, 158 9, 170, 192, 200, 201, 217, 218 Bolton, Lt Col William, 22 Bolton s Ridge, 125 Boursies, 5, 165 Braund, Lt Col George, 23, 71, 119 Bridges, Lt Col Arthur, 101, 133 Bridges, Maj Gen Sir William Throsby, 4, 13, 32, 34, 59, 60, 82, 87, 88, 99, 101, 118, 119, 216 administrative staff and, 61 career background, 15 commander of Division, 31 death of, 122 Gallipoli campaign planning and, 109, , 116 Gallipoli landings and, 115, 121 and high-trajectory guns, 28 leave policy, 75 officer selection and, 22 raising of AIF and, repatriation of remains, 69 training and, 88, 93, 107

3 INDEX 283 Brigade, 1st, 4, 22, 23, 32, 112, 121, 122, 125, 126, 129, 148, 160, 195, 199, 203, 205 Lone Pine VCs, 4 Brigade, 1st FA (AIF), 25, 126, 162, 177, 189 Brigade, 2nd, 22, 60, 112, 115, 125, 131, 149, 160, 169, 187, 197, 198, 199, 203 casualties, 125 white Ghurkas, 4 Brigade, 2nd FA (AIF), 162, 166, 177 Brigade, 2nd Light Horse, 125 Brigade, 3rd, 22, 23, 90, 112, 114, 115, 116, 125, 147, 148, 160, 170, 173, 187, 189, 197, 198, 199, 205 Gallipoli campaign and, 116 Brigade, 3rd FA (AIF), 51, 162, 176 Brigade, 4th Guards, 187 Brigade, 6th, 167, 197 Brigade, 6th Canadian, 197 Brigade, 6th FA (AIF), 176 Brigade, 7th, 198 Brigade, 7th Mountain (Indian), 112, 115 Brigade, 8th, 195 Brigade, 15th, 197 Brigade, 21st Howitzer, 162 Brigade, Guards, 187 Brigade, South African, 185 British Army, 7, 8, 33, 34 closure of staff colleges, 99 discipline in, division organisational format, 2 3 New Army, 43, 44, 50, 87, 147 British Expeditionary Force, 3, 43 addition of new specialists, 50 appointment of reconnaissance officer, 50 1 attack doctrine, 177, 181 centralised planning and battle execution, tensions between, 49 divisional histories, 7 divisional intelligence, 50 divisions, assessment of merit of, 3 4 establishment of Inspectorate of Training, 106 expansion of, 44 Hundred Days campaign and, 206 innovation and doctrine development in, Instructions for the Training of Divisions for Offensive Action, 104, 165, 174 Instructions for the Training of Platoons for Offensive Action, 1917, 52, 104, 165 intelligence-gathering and, 206 learning curve debate, 8, 215 maturation as learning organisation, 106 new training doctrine, 104, 214 Notes on Recent Fighting, 106 Notes on Training and Preparation for Offensive Operations, 174 Organization of an Infantry Battalion and the Normal Formation for the Attack, 104, 165 pigeon stations, 51 radio communications and, 51 reduction of battalions 1918, 53 relational change in artillery command, 48 senior officer training, 97 9 Somme campaign and, 48, 147, 156, 157, 170 staff training courses, 100 supply arrangements, 81 2 Third Ypres campaign and, Western Front and, 138, 168 zone defence doctrine, 184, Broodseinde Ridge, 146 Bullecourt, 52, 62, 107, 166, 167 campaign, Gallipoli 1st Australian Division and. See campaign, Gallipoli, 1st Australian Division and campaign plan for, 110, 126 command and control during, intelligence on Turkish capacity, 112, 116 landing, mythology of, 134, 137 planning for, stragglers and, 118 traditional judgement of, 135 6

4 284 INDEX campaign, Gallipoli (cont.) Turkish forces and, 120 1, 123, 135 withdrawal from, 5, campaign, Gallipoli, 1st Australian Division and Appreciations of the Situation documents, 126 artillery brigades, 45 attack on German Officers Trench and, attempt to break stalemate and, 126 battalion and company commanders, performance of, 120 Battle of Lone Pine and, 62, 126 9, 132 disembarkation at Alexandria, 31 divisional orders, development of line, emergence of leaders at, 120 exposure of training limitations at, 90 1 Gallipoli landings and, 121 lack of firepower, 136 media accounts of, 4, 5 medical services, 65 6 Order No 4, 133 reduction of Division strength and, 133 reorganisation of gunners, 45 role of COs in, 43 Second Battle of Achi Baba and, 125 Second Battle of Krithia and, 62 stragglers and, 117 trench mortar organisations, 45 weakness of artillery units, 43 withdrawal from, 5, 75, 94, 96, 213 campaign, Hundred Days, 54, 195, 202, 206 campaign, Somme, 66, 149 German change of defensive doctrine and, historical views of, 155 6, 169 campaign, Third Ypres, 50, 53, 66, 82, 83, 104, 168, 169, 179 Canadian Corps School, 104 Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3 divisional histories, 7 8 Cape Helles, 5, 110, 121, 125, 126 Cassel, 187 Celtic Wood, 146 Chaulnes, 195 Chauvel, Gen Sir Henry ( Harry ), 133, 217 chemical munitions, 47 Chemin des Dames, 164, 169 Christian, BG Sydney, 25 Chuignes, 203 Chunuck Bair, 115 Citizen Forces, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 65, 107, 173, 193, 202 Clarke, Lt Col Lancelot, 24, 120 Commonwealth Military Forces, 13, 17 Conduct of the Defensive Battle (Die Fuhrung in der Abwehrschlacht), 169 conscription plebiscites, Australia, 53 Corps, I ANZAC, 41, 97, 100, 102, 104, 106, 138, 140, 148, 154, 155, 157, 163, 166, 168, 170, 176, 179, 184 Corps, II, 157 Corps, X, 152 Corps, XV, 185, 187, 188, 190, 194 Corps, XVIII, 105 Corps, Army Medical, 27 Corps, Australian, 6, 41, 53, 67, 106, 173, 177, 184, 185, 192, 194, 195, 201, 207, 215 Corps, Australian and New Zealand Army. See Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Corps, Australian Army Postal, 75 Corps, Australian Army Veterinary, 40 Corps, Australian Provost, 72 Corps, British III, 195 Corps, British IX, 126 Corps, Canadian, 179, 195, 206 Corps, Cavalry, 195 Corps, Machine-gun, 54 Corps, Royal Flying, 44, 50, 85 Coulter, Lt Col Graham, 160 Coxen, BG Walter ( Wacky ), 177, 201, 217 Cuthbert, Capt Noel, 100 Dawnay, Maj Gen Guy, 105 Demicourt, 5, 165 Dill, FM Sir John, 101, 170

5 INDEX 285 Division, 1st Australian A and Q staff, 34 5, 58 absorption of light horse regiment into cavalry regiment, 45 administration. See administration, 1st Australian Division Armistice and, 209 artillery brigades, 35 6 awards and honours, 7 battlefield effectiveness, 56 burial officers, 69 camps, Australian, 30 1 camps, Egyptian, 31, 75, 94 casualties, 61 4, 132, 137, 140, 154, 155, 156, 162, 166, 167, 179, 181, 184, 190, 198, 203, 206 combat refusal and, 73, 82, 212 command structure, 22 3 comparison of Lihons to Pozières and Menin Road battles, 198 comparison of Pozières and Menin Road battles, 170 contribution to expansion of AIF, 5 creation of HQ staff and specialist units, 25 6 demobilisation, 209 discipline within, 71, 72 3 disease and, 64 early enlistee profile, 20 1 embarkation of convoy, 31 engineer and signal companies, 36 7 establishment documents, 33 field ambulances, 39, 66, 67 first NCOs, 21 2 formation of light trench mortar batteries, 46 7 formation of machine-gun companies, 46 formation of pioneer battalion, 47 formation of signal company, 26 G staff, 34, 101 Gallipoli campaign and. See campaign, Gallipoli, 1st Australian Division and imposition of death sentence and, 71 increase in motor vehicle specialists, 55 6 infantry, internal changes in, 47 infantry brigades, 37 9 initial allocation of volunteers, 25 initial equipment shortfalls, initial weapons requirement, 28 9 logistics support for, 26 7 medical services, 61, 64, 66 medical services staff, 35 medical units, 27 mobilisation, 12 13, 31 2 ordnance, provision of, organisational change in, 33 4 organisational structure, 20, previous military service and, 20, 24 5 pre-war formation plans for, radio communications and, 49 recruitment system, reorganisation of infantry, 42, 43, 46 reputation of, 5 6, 54, , 136, 137, 149, 162, 170, 185, 190, 194, 198, 206 7, 208, 209, 215, 218 Signal Company, 37 staff officers, 100 training. See training, 1st Australian Division war diaries, 9, 102 Western Front and. See Western Front, 1st Australian Division and Division, 1st Canadian, 7, 8, 87 Division, 2nd Australian, 5, 81, 99, 140, 149, 160, 163, 167, 172, 195, 198, 203 Division, 2nd Canadian, 199 Division, 3rd Australian, 176, 205 Division, 4th Australian, 46, 148, 160, 166, 193, 199, 205 Division, 5th Australian, 4, 7, 46, 160, 163, 165, 195, 197 Division, 6th Australian, 87 Division, 6th Bavarian Reserve, 145 Division, 9th (Scottish), 185, 194 Division, 12th (Eastern), 93 Division, 18th (Eastern) British, 8 Division, 19th Infantry (Turkish), 116 Division, 25th British, 152 Division, 29th British, 125, 185, 187, 190, 194 Division, 31st British, 185

6 286 INDEX Division, 32nd British, 203 Division, 35th (Bantam), 140 Division, 40th British, 185 Division, 48th (South Midland), 105, 148, 152, 177 Division, 50th Prussian Reserve, 146 Division, 51st (Highland), 190 Division, 62nd (2nd West Riding), 166 Division, French 1st Colonial, 110 Division, Guards, 185, 190 Division, New Zealand, 140 Division, New Zealand and Australian, 110, 112, 121 Division, Royal Navy, 110 Divisional Ammunition Column, 1st, 26 7, 30, 41, 45, 79 horses, reduction in, 54 reconstitution 1917, 52 motorisation of, 53 Divisional Train, 1st, 26 7, 30, 41, 48 9 Dobbin, Lt Col Leonard, 23, 119 Drale-Brockman, Capt Geoffrey, 153 Eecke, 185 Elliott, BG Harold ( Pompey ), 22, 71, 91, 120, 160, 197 Elliott, Lt Col Charles, 160 Elliott, Col Gilbert ( Snowy ), 36 Fire Trench, 140 Fisherman s Hut, 112 Flers, 155, 163 Foch, Gen Ferdinand, 183 Foott, BG Cecil, 60 1, 101, 158, 212 Forsyth, BG John, 60, 101, 160 Fromelles, 163 Gaba Tepe, 110, 112, 114 Gallipoli campaign. See campaign, Gallipoli Gallipoli Peninsula, 42, 78, 79, 82, 87, 110 Gellibrand, Maj Gen Sir John, 35, 60, 61, 101, 167 German Army, 168, 179, 190, 195 German Officers Ridge, 125 German Officers Trench, 126, 128 Glasfurd, BG Duncan, 34, 101 Glasgow, Maj Gen Sir Thomas William ( Plugger Bill ), 5, 192 3, 194, 198, 199, 200, 201, 205, 207, 210, 217 Godley, Lt Gen Sir Alexander, 14, 59, 110, 121, 126 training and, 94 Gordon, BG Joseph, 14 Gough, Lt Gen Sir Hubert, 148, 151, 152, 156, 166, 169, 179, 210 Gun Ridge, 112, 116 Haig, FM Lord Douglas, 44, 53, 58, 71, 145, 147, 149, 156, 164, 169, 175, 179, 183, 199, 210 and Australian discipline, 73 Third Ypres campaign and, 169 Hamilton, Gen Sir Ian, 65, 71, 88, 110, 112, 132, 210 Harbonnières, 195 Hardie, Lt Col John ( Bull ), 61, 101 Harrington, Gen Sir Charles ( Tim ), 174 Hazebrouck, 68, 138, 185, 188, 189, 207 Heane, BG James ( Cast Iron Jimmy ), 160, 173, 197, 198, 201, 205 Hermies, 5, 165 Hill 971, 112, 115 Hindenburg, Paul von, 169 Hindenburg Line, 5, 162, 165, 195 Hindenburg Outpost Line, 205 Hobbs, Maj Gen Sir Joseph Talbot, 26, 35, 115, 118, 119, 129, 152, 160 Hondeghem, 187 horses, 40 1 initial requirement for, 27 8 provision for Divisional Train, 48 9 reduction of 1918, 54 replacement with motor vehicles, 53 Howell-Price, Lt Col Owen, 71, 160, 161, 217 Howse, Maj Gen Sir Neville, 64 5, 66, 212 Hughes, William Morris, 74 Hutton, Maj Gen Sir Edward, 13 Huxtable, Col Robert, 65

7 INDEX 287 Imbros Island, 114 Imperial War Graves Commission, 69 Jencourt, 205 Jess, Lt Gen Sir Carl, 71, 132, 160 Johnston, Lt Col James Lyon, 24, 119 Johnston s Jolly, 125 Kemal, Lt Col Mustafa, 116 King, Maj Dennis, 126 Kitchener, FM Lord, 44, 93, 132 proposal for Australian Army 1909, 13 Krithia, 4, 119, 125 La Motte, 187 Lagnicourt, 5, 166 Lalor, Capt Joseph, 120 Laughlin, Lt Austin, 100, 146 Lavarack, Lt Gen Sir John, 101, 170 Le Bridoux, 146 Le Grand Hasard, 185, 187 Le Maistre, Lt Col Frank, 160 Le Tirbanglais, 187 Lee, Lt Col Harry, 23, 119 Legge, Lt Gen James Gordon, 13, 59, 126, 163 Lemnos, 75, 77, 78, 94, 112, 114, 132 Lesslie, BG William, Lihons, 195, 197 Lihons hill, 197, 198 Lisle, Gen Sir Henry De, 185, 194 logistics, push and pull systems, 77 8 Lone Pine, 132 Lorimer, Pte William, 66 Louitt, Noel, 120 Ludendorff, Eric von, 50 Mackay, Lt Gen Sir Iven ( the Terrible ), 160, 201, 205 Mackworth, Col Harold ( Harry ), 26, 37 MacLagan s Ridge, 133 MacLaurin, Col Henry, 22, 23, 112, 119 report on mobilisation process, 32 Mal Tepe, 110, 112 Margetts, Gen Sir (Frederick) Ivor, 120 Marsh, Lt Col Jeremy Taylor, 162, 217, 218 Martyn, BG Athelstan ( Tin ), 153 Matson, Maj Thomas, 40 1 Maxse, Ivor, 105, 106 McCay, Maj Gen Sir James Whiteside, 22, 112, 115, 119, 125, 163, 181 McKenzie, William ( Fighting Mac ), 74 McKinlay, Col James, 26 McNaughten, Lt Col Charles, 71 Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 88, 94, 110, 120 Mena Camp, 12 Menin Road, 62 Merris, 189 Messines, 174, 182, 184 Messines Ridge, 169 Military District, 1st, 23 Military District, 2nd, 30 Military District, 3rd, 30 1 Military District, 4th, 23, 31 Monash, Gen Sir John, 6, 54, 135, 192, 195, 198, 199, 202, 205, 207 engineering approach to war fighting and, 202 training and, 106, 202 Monro, Gen Sir Charles, 94, 132 Mont de Merris, 189 Moore, Lt Col Donald, 161 Mouquet Farm, 148, 156, 160, 163 Mudros, 90, 134 munitions 106 graze fuse, 52 chemical. See chemical munitions grenades, 47, 81, 93, 104 jam-tin bombs, 93 poisonous gas, 168 shells, 167 Murdoch, Keith, 74 Murdoch, Thomas, 203 New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3 divisional histories, 7 planning for, 14 Nieppe Forest, 187 Nivelle, Gen Robert, 164, 169 Operation Georgette, 185 Operation Michael, 185 Owen, Robert, 23 Owen-Cunliffe, BG Charles, 152

8 288 INDEX Passchendaele, 5, 146, 179 Patterson, Col William ( Bung ), 35, 60, 101, 120 Pearce, George, 13, 27, 32 Peck, John, 120 Petillon Sector, 140 Pioneers, 1st, 203 Plugge s Plateau, 114, 133 Plumer, Gen Sir Herbert, 138, 148, 169, 174, 176, 178, 179, 194, 207 8, 210, 214 Poelcappelle, 179 Pozières, 94, 148, 156, 160, 163, 174, 176 Pozières Heights, 149, 163 Prisk, Ralph, 120 Radcliffe, BG Percy Pollenfex de Blanquiere, 157 Rawlinson, Lt Gen Sir Henry, 147, 148, 155, 194, 195, 199, 203 Regiment, 2nd Light Horse, 193 Regiment, 4th Light Horse, 35, 125 Regiment, 27th Turkish, 116 Regiment, 47th Turkish, 129 Regiment, 448th Infantry, 147 Regiment, Royal Newfoundland, 185 Richards, Pte Tom, 113 Roberts, Stephen, 160 Robertson, James ( Cam ), 160 Rogers, Capt John, 100, 146 Ross, Lt Col Arthur, 101, 112, 201, 217 Ryan, Col Charles, 64 Salisbury, Alfred, 120 Salvation Army, 74 Sari Bair, 112, 114, 116, 126 Sasse, Cecil, 202 Scott, Lt Frank, 146 Second Ridge, 112, 121, 125 Sellheim, Maj Gen Victor ( Porky ), 35, 60, 93, 101 Selmes, 2Lt Jeremiah, 189 Semmens, Lt Col James, 22, 119 Sercus, 185 Shrapnel Gully, 115 silent ruse, 135 Simpson, Pte John, 66, 122, 218 Sinclair-Burgess, William, 162 Sinclair-MacLagan, Maj Gen Sir Ewen, 22, 23, 113, 114, 118, 217, 218 Smith, Maj RP, 25 Smyth, BG Nevill, 129, 172 Sniper Ridge, 125 Solly-Flood, BG A, 106 Spens, Maj Gen James, 93 Stacy, Lt Col Bertie, 107, 173, 202, 217 Steele s Post, 125 Stevens, Arthur, 160 Stevenson, George, 162 Strazeele, 187, 193, 194 Strazeele Merris spur, 185 Sturdee, Alfred, 65 Suez Canal, 5, 31 Supply Column, 1st Divisional, 78 Suvla Bay, 5, 126 TelelKebir,43, 75 Thiepval, 154 Thiepval Ginchy Ridge, 148 Third Ridge, 112 Thompson, Astley, 23, 119 Traill, Pte Arthur, 184 training, 1st Australian Division adoption of new regulations and, 107 ammunitions restrictions and, 87 combined-arms, 107 company and battery, 88 contemporary comments on, 88 disembarkation and embarkation, 90 division driven, 103 divisional officer opinion of, 91 2 exposure of limitations of at Gallipoli, 90 1 Gallipoli campaign and, 212 grenade handling, 93 implementation of standard programs, 95 in-theatre base depot, 96 live-fire, 104, 107 NCOs, 96 officer training, 86 platoon, 102 post Flanders, prior to departure from Australia, 85

9 INDEX 289 senior staff, 101 soundness of, specialist training, 85 6 syllabus, 95 6 tactical, 102 technical arms and services, 85 voyage to Egypt and, 87 weapon-handling and shooting, 92 Western Front, 101 2, 165, 168, 172, 181, 183, 184, 188, 189, 213 trenches Gallipoli, 43, 121, 123, Western Front, 44, 140 Tulloch, Maj Eric, 120 Valley of Despair, 125 Verdun, 147, 164 Viney, Lt Col Horace, 61, 101 Walker, Lt Gen Sir Harold ( Hooky ), 5, 95, 121, 122 3, 126, 129, 131, 133, 148, , 152, 154, 157, 158, 160, 170, 181, 182, 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 200, , 218 plans for Battle of Menin Road, 175 plans for Battle of Pozières, 151, 153 training and, 102 3, 108 Walker s Ridge, 133 Wanliss, Lt Col David, 22, 119 Wardrecques, 194 Weick, Lt Col George, 101 Weir, Lt Col Stanley Price, 23, 160 Western Front, 1st Australian Division and activity at, 137 Amiens counter-attack and, 6, 67, 73, 107 Appreciation of a Situation, 149 artillery commanders, artillery reorganisation and, 51 2 artillery support and, 176 artillery support for, 145 battalion commanders, battalion formations and, battalion strength, Battle of Amiens and, 195 Battle of Broodseinde and, 5, 52, 62, 178 9, 181, 214 Battle of Bullecourt and, 52, Battle of Chuignes and, 6, 62 Battle of Epéhy and, 6, 205 Battle of Fromelles and, 162 Battle of Gueudecourt and, 214 Battle of Hazebrouck and, 6, 54, 62, 107, 214 Battle of Lagnicourt and, 5, 52, 166 7, 181, 214 Battle of Lihons and, 6, 62, 107, 197 8, , 201, 215 Battle of Menin Road and, 5, 52, 62, 81, , 174 7, 178, 179, 181, 214 Battle of Mouquet Farm and, 48, 62, 154, 155, 214 Battle of Passchendaele and, 5 Battle of Poelcappelle and, 5, 179 Battle of Pozières and, 5, 48, 62, 81, 83, , 162, 200, 214 Celtic Wood raid, Chaulnes advance and, 195 class of 1917, 173 communications, 168 creation of Divisional Gas Officer position, 47 decline in strength and, 181 divisional orders, 151 entry to battle line, 140 establishment of headquarters at Chateau Lamont and, 148 final operations, first German attack on, first raid by, 146 Hundred Days campaign and, 6, 195 improvement in combat skills and, 146 improvement in gunnery equipment and, 52 infantry fighting and, 202 intelligence gathering, 44 5 logistics, 203 logistics COs, 162 Merris attack and, personnel shortfalls and, 183 reissue of equipment and, 138 sanitary section, 67 9

10 290 INDEX Western Front (cont.) Second Battle of Bullecourt and, 5, 62, 181 Second Battle of Passchendaele and, 179 Somme campaign and, 48, 155, Third Ypres campaign and, 5, 51, 82, 83, 179, 181, 200, 214 training and, 101 2, 138, 177 trench tours, 140 4, 155, 184, 185 zone defence doctrine and, 187 White, Gen Sir Cyril Brudenell, 4, 13, 14, 32, 42, 99, 101, 126, 133, 152, 157, 170, 184, 217, 218 appointment as GSO1, 15, 34 career background, divisional training and, 85 silent ruse and, 135 Wieck, Lt Col George, 101, 192, 200 Wilder-Neligan, Lt Col Maurice, 146, 173, 189, 202, 217 Williams, Lt Col Ernest Morgan, 101 Williams, Col William ( Mo ), 27 Wilson, Maj Thomas, 26 Ypres, 138, 153 Ypres Salient, 146, 155