Category: History - Modern (1750+)
The Purpose of the Book—South Africa in History—Her Problem at the Outset of War—General Botha’s Proposal to Furnish a Contingent for Europe—The Composition of the Brigade—The Officers—Brigadier-General Lukin—The Heavy Artillery Batteries—The Field Ambulance—The Medical Servic...
The Purpose of the Book—South Africa in History—Her Problem at the Outset of War—General Botha’s Proposal to Furnish a Contingent for Europe—The Composition of the Brigade—The O...
2. CHAPTER II.The Position in Egypt at the close of 1915—The Western Frontier—Trouble with the Senussi—General Wallace’s attack on Christmas Day—The Arrival of the South African Brigade at Al...
3. CHAPTER III.The Brigade reaches Flanders and joins the 9th Division—The Position of the Campaign in the Spring of 1916—First Experience in the Trenches—The Move to the Somme—The Purpose of...
4. CHAPTER IV.The Brigade attached to the First Army—In the Trenches at Vimy—The Difficulties of the Later Stages of the Battle of the Somme—The Country around The Butte de Warlencourt—The Br...
5. CHAPTER V.The Allied Plan for 1917—Sir Douglas Haig’s Scheme—The Object of the Arras Battle—The Nature of the German Defences—The Training of the Brigade—The Attack of Easter Monday—Succe...
6. CHAPTER VI.The Change in the Military Situation—Haig’s Plan for Third Ypres—The Nature of the Problem—Von Armin’s Defensive Tactics—The “Pill-boxes”—The Attack of 31st July—The Attack of 1...
7. CHAPTER VII.The New German Tactics—The Experiments at Riga, Caporetto, and Cambrai—The 9th Division moves to Gouzeaucourt—The South African Brigade in the Front Line—Hardships of this Perio...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The German Assault—The Fight at Gauche Wood—The Brigade Right Flank turned—The Fight for Chapel Hill—The Brigade in the Yellow Line—The Fighting of 22nd March—Loss of Chapel Hil...
9. CHAPTER IX.The New Brigade—General Tanner takes Command—Ludendorff’s Strategy in the North—The Weakness of the British Position—The Attack of 9th April—Von Armin attacks on the 10th—The Br...
10. CHAPTER X.The Interlude—The Strategic Situation during the Summer—The Méteren Area—Awaiting the German Attack—The Action of 25th June—The Capture of Méteren on 19th July—The End of the Co...
11. CHAPTER XI.Foch’s Final Strategy—Progress of the Campaign in August and September—The End of the Siegfried Zone—The 66th Division in Action—The Fight of 8th October—The South Africans take...
12. CHAPTER XII.There is no need to pursue the chronicle of the Brigade through the slow months of demobilization, till in the following June the bulk of its members embarked for home in a Germ...