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Description: | British officer served with machine gun section of 1st Bn Cameronians on Western Front, 1914
REEL 1 Recollections of service as officer with machine gun section of 1st Bn Cameronians during operations in France and Belgium, 8/1914: train journey; reception from French civilians at Maretz; role as line of communications troops unloading trains; move to Valenciennes; advance to Mons and formation of 19th Bde from LOC units; composition of machine gun section; taking up outpost positions on north side of Mons Canal in Conde-sur- L'Escaut sector, 23/8/1914; orders to retreat, 02.00 and retreat to Jenlain, 24/8/1914; overnight defensive positions subsequently attacked after continuation of retreat, 25/8/1914; situation; view of German troops advancing in mass formation; continuation of retreat to Le Cateau, 25/8/1914; overnight billets; rearguard defensive machine gun positions in Le Cateau; passing through infantry lines and rejoining unit in reserve role, 26/8/1914; role as rearguard to 5th Div and incident of friendly fire on cavalry at Busigny, 26/5/1914. | 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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