# The history of the 9th (Scottish) Division, 1914-1919

Author: Ewing, John, M.C.; Plumer of Messines, Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Viscount, 1857-1932 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 [Illustrator]; Hodge, F. E. (Francis Edwin), 1883-1949 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75001

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+history+of+the+9th+%28Scottish%29+Division%2C+1914-1919+Ewing&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Move of Division to France, May 1915—Instruction in Trench Duties— Bombing and Bombs—Visit by Field-Marshal Sir J. D. P. French— Festubert—Training near Busnes—Vermelles—General reasons for Battle of Loos—The Plan of Battle—Importance of Gas—Task of the Ninth Division—Duties of the Staff—Major-General Landon’s Plan— Objectives—Preparations—Assembly Trenches—Communication Trenches—Artillery—Machine-Guns and Trench Mortars—Arrangements for Gas—Smoke—R.E. Pioneers, Tools—Medical Arrangements— Communications—Equipment of the Men 12

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-history-of-the-9th-scottish-division-1914-1919-75001/chapters/1/index.md)