CHAPTER I. THE FORMATION OF THE DIVISION AND TRAINING IN ENGLAND 1

II. THE LAVENTIE SECTOR 7

III. THE YPRES SALIENT 36

IV. THE SOMME 61

V. THE SOMME (_continued_) 88

VI. WINTER IN THE SOMME AREA 108

VII. THE GERMAN RETREAT 122

VIII. THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES 143

IX. THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 178

X. THE MENIN ROAD SECTOR 210

XI. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME 218

XII. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME (_continued_) 248

XIII. LENS AND AVION 270

XIV. THE FINAL ADVANCE 300

INDEX 307

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MAJOR-GEN. W. DOUGLAS SMITH, C.B. _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE MAJOR-GEN. R. H. DAVIES, C.B. 4

GUILLEMONT STATION 70

MAJOR-GEN. T. G. MATHESON, C.B., C.M.G. 124

THE MILL HOUSE, HAVRINCOURT WOOD 136

THE STEENBEEK 148

AU BON GÎTE 158

THE BROKEN BRIDGE, MASNIÈRES 186

THE MENIN ROAD, YPRES 212

MAJOR-GEN. G. G. S. CAREY, C.B., C.M.G. 256

LIÈVIN 278

AVION SECTOR 292

MAPS

FACING PAGE A. LAVENTIE, 1915 8

B. GUILLEMONT, 1916 62

C. LENS AND AVION, 1918 272

D. THE FINAL ADVANCE 302

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I. YPRES

II. THE SOMME, 1916–17

III. BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

IV. GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME

HISTORY OF THE

20TH (LIGHT) DIVISION