CHAPTER XVII
CONCLUSION
28TH OCTOBER 1918 TO 15TH MARCH 1919
Events leading up to the Armistice, 11th Nov. 1918—The March to the Bridgehead—The Division in Germany—End of the Ninth Division, 15th March 1919—Value of the Administrative and Supply Services— The Work of “Q” Branch—The Ordnance Department—The Padres—The Co-operative Spirit 382
APPENDICES
I. TABLE SHOWING ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE NINTH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION 397
II. TABLE SHOWING THE PERIODS SPENT IN THE LINE 400
III. LIST OF COMMANDERS AND STAFF 402
IV. CASUALTIES OF THE NINTH DIVISION 409
V. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS 410
VI. SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY SAPPERS AND PIONEERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 413
VII. LIST SHOWING MATERIAL ISSUED AND SALVED BY THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT 415
VIII. DIVISIONAL INSTITUTES AND CANTEENS 416
INDEX 419
MAPS 437
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LANDSCAPES _From Water-colour Sketches by Captain F. E. Hodge, late R.F.A._
Menin Gate, Ypres _Frontispiece_
Festubert _Face page_ 16
Loos ” 32
Lawrence Farm (Sketch of his Battalion H.Q. by Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill) ” 76
Ploegsteert Wood ” 82
Delville Wood ” 110
Ablain St Nazaire, Notre Dame, and Vimy Ridge ” 146
Butte de Warlencourt ” 154
Arras (view in the town), West Gate ” 180
Arras (view outside town), battle front, April 1917 ” 204
Havrincourt ” 220
Zonnebeke from the Frezenberg Ridge ” 228
St Julien, Artillery H.Q. “Pill-box” ” 240
Nieuport Bains, looking towards German Lines ” 248
Gonnelieu from Gouzeaucourt ” 254
Wytschaete, from Vierstraat ” 298
Kemmel and Ypres from the Frezenberg Ridge ” 308
Meteren ” 322
“Pill-box” near Ledeghem ” 350
Ingoyghem and Ooteghem, “The Last Ridge” ” 376
PORTRAITS
Major-General G. H. Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G. _Face page_ 52
Lieut.-General Sir W. T. Furse, K.C.B., D.S.O. ” 62
Major-General Sir H. T. Lukin, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 172
Major-General H. H. Tudor, C.B., C.M.G. ” 394
MAPS _At End of Book_
1. Loos.
2. The Somme, Longueval, and Delville Wood.
3. The Butte de Warlencourt, October 1916.
4. Arras: Action of 9th April 1917.
5. Arras: Actions of 12th April to 5th June 1917.
6. Passchendaele: Action near Frezenberg, 20th September 1917.
7. Passchendaele: Action near St Julien, 12th October 1917.
8. The Retreat on the Somme, March 1918.
9. Wytschaete and Kemmel, April 1918.
10. Meteren and Hoegenacker: July and August 1918.
11. The Final Advance, September to October 1918.
HISTORY OF THE NINTH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION