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Description: | British officer commanded 30th Div on Western Front, 1916; commanded 60th Div in Palestine, 1917-1918
REEL 1 Recollections of operations in command of 60th Div in Palestine, Turkey, 8/1917-11/1918: sending battalions as reinforcements following German offensive on Western Front, 3/1918; training replacement Indian units and orders from Allenby to prepare for offensive, 9/1918; advance to start line, 15/9/1918-18/9/1918; story of looking for water supplies from monastery in Enab sector during advance on Jerusalem, 12/1917, opinion of Lieutenant General Sir Philip Chetwode; adaptions to plans for offensive towards Ram Allah following intelligence received of planned Turkish offensive and consequent successful counter-attack, 12/1917. Success of attack whilst commanding 30th Div in Montauban sector, Somme area, France, 1/7/1916. Recollections of period commanding 60th Div in Palestine, Turkey, 8/1917-11/1918: Allenby's tour to meet troops on arrival in Palestine, 6/1917; opinion of Allenby; Allenby's reactions to death of his son; story of looking for water supplies from monastery in Enab sector during advance on Jerusalem, 12/1917, comparisons of nature of operations in Palestine and Western Front; opinion of Turkish soldiers; opinion of Allenby. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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