The British Campaign in France and Flanders—January to July, 1918
CHAPTER V
THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Retreat of the Seventh and Nineteenth Corps
Problems before General Gough--His masterful action--Arrival of Thirty-ninth, Twentieth, and Fiftieth Divisions--Retreat of Tudor's Ninth Scottish Division--Destruction of the South Africans--Defence of the Somme--Arrival of the Eighth Division--Desperate fighting--The Carey line--Death of General Feetham--"Immer fest daran"--Advance, Australia--Great achievement of General Watts