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Crusader Castles (file)

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Volume

Title:: Diary of service on the Western Front, 1916-1917, World War One

Collection:: SMITH, Maj Gen Sir William Douglas (1865-1939)

Archive reference:: SMITH, WD 2/4

Catalogue record URL (AtoM):: https://archives.kingscollections.org/index.php/smith-wd-2-4

Level of description:: Item

Date of material:: 16 Jun 1916 - 11 Dec 1917

Creator:: Smith, William Douglas

Source collection title:: SMITH, Maj Gen Sir William Douglas (1865-1939)

Extent:: 1 volume

Description (scope):: Manuscript copy diary, 16 Jun 1916 – 11 Dec 1917, relating to Smith’s command of 20 Division, Jun 1916 – Mar 1917, 56 Division, Jul-Aug 1917, and 20 Division, Aug-Dec 1917, including: diversionary raids, Jun 1916; the use of vests impregnated with antiseptic to reduce the risk of wound infection, 16-18 Jun 1916; the start of the Battle of the Somme, 1 Jul 1916; inaccurate British press coverage of Western Front operations, 24 Jul 1916; a demonstration of flamethrowers, 18-19 Aug 1916; the aftermath of a successful attack on Guillemont village, 19 Sep 1916, including the shortage of troops available to bury the dead and to salvage equipment; German aerial night time bombing behind Allied lines, 28 Sep 1916; the Battle of Le Transloy, Oct 1916; the lack of aerial intelligence on German positions due to bad weather, 6 Oct 1916; inter-brigade sports competitions, 9-14 Nov 1916; cases of trench foot, 15-24 Dec 1916; four months’ leave, chiefly on medical grounds, Mar-Jun 1917; Smith’s taking command of 56 Division, 23 Jul 1917; Smith’s return to the command of 20 Division, 8 Aug 1917; the Battle of Langemarck, 16-18 Aug 1917; the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, 22 Sep 1917; start of planning, Oct 1917, for the Battle of Cambrai, Nov-Dec 1917, including training and extreme secrecy about the planned use of tanks; the start of the Battle of Cambrai, 20 Nov 1917, and the successful use of tanks to clear a way through for infantry; a German counter-attack, 30 Nov 1917. Also inserted items, including: press cuttings about Western Front operations; letters of congratulation on 20 Division operations; typescript statistics on the issue of rations, 4 Aug1916, and on medals recommended and awarded, 1916; notes on the effectiveness of experimental mortars and flamethrowers, Aug 1916; a detailed account, 7 Sep 1916, of the capture of Guillemont village; snapshot photographs of ruins, abandoned army buildings and battle sites, taken in Feb 1919; report on the capture of the German ‘Au Bon Gite’ blockhouse, Langemarck, by Captain H A Slade, commander of ‘B’ Company, 11 Rifle Brigade, 14 Oct 1917; casualty statistics, Aug and Nov 1917; personal letter to Smith from General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, 21 Jun 1918, including Gough’s anger at the British government; printed War Office notes on the British Armies of Occupation, 1919; press cutting from the Morning Post , 12 Jan 1937, on Gough and 5 Army, ‘Vindicated by History’.

Copyright:: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.; King's College London Archives

Sections

Crusader Castles (file)

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Photograph of Aigues Mortes, France (photograph)

1
Photograph of the interior of Beauvais Cathedral, France (photograph)

3
Photograph of towers at Carcassonne, France (photograph)

5
Photograph of a Visigothic wall, Carcassonne, France (photograph)

6
Photograph of towers and a bridge, Carcassonne, France (photograph)

8
Photograph of three statues, Chartres cathedral, France (photograph)

10
Photograph of Chartres cathedral interior, France (photograph)

11
Photograph of a statue, Chartres cathedral, France (photograph)

12
Photograph of Crussol castle, France (photograph)

15
Photograph of Coutances cathedral interior, France (photograph)

16
Photograph of a church font, Dinan, France (photograph)

17
Photograph of a dolmen, Jersey (photograph)

18
Photograph of a tower, Fougeres castle, France (photograph)

19
Photograph of a tower of Fougeres castle, France, with a church spire behind (photograph)

24
Photograph of towers and walls of Fougeres castle, France (photograph)

25
Photograph of towers and a wall, Fougeres castle, France (photograph)

27
Photograph of Gaillard castle, France (photograph)

29
Photograph of Hautefort castle, France (photograph)

31
Photograph of the interior of Notre Dame church, Lamballe, France (photograph)

32
Photograph of Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

34
Photograph of the cloisters, Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

35
Photograph of arches and carved heads, Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

36
Photograph of arches and carved vine ornamentation, Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

38
Photograph of Montreuil Bonnin castle, France (photograph)

40
Photograph of Niort castle, France (photograph)

43
Photograph of Hunaudaye castle, France (photograph)

45
Photograph of Provins castle, France (photograph)

47
Photograph of the River Rance, France (photograph)

49
Photograph of the River Rance, France (photograph)

50
Photograph of a doorway, Vezelay Abbey, France (photograph)

51
Photograph of the nave of Vezelay Abbey, France (photograph)

52
Photograph of cellar, Gaillard castle, France (photograph)

53
Photograph of unidentified castle, possibly in France (photograph)

54
Photograph of Hunaudaye castle, France (photograph)

55
Photograph of Hunaudaye castle, France (photograph)

56
Photograph of Tower of Flies, Acre harbour, Israel (photograph)

58
Photograph of stone bridge, Aleppo, Syria (photograph)

60
Photograph of machicolation, Banias, Syria (photograph)

64
Photograph of Birecik castle, Turkey (photograph)

66
Photograph of Birecik castle, Turkey (photograph)

69
Photograph of ferry boats, Birecik, Turkey (photograph)

73
Photograph of the moat of Anfeh castle, Lebanon (photograph)

76
Photograph of Harem castle, Syria (photograph)

80
Photograph of machicolations, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

83
Photograph of a tower and archway, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

84
Photograph of Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

85
Photograph of arch machicolations, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

86
Photograph of wall and moat, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

88
Photograph of an entrance, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

90
Photograph of a wall and tower, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

93
Photograph of Beaufort castle, Lebanon (photograph)

96
Photograph of Chastel Rouge, Syria (photograph)

98
Photograph of Margat castle, Syria (photograph)

100
Photograph of Margat castle, Syria (photograph)

102
Photograph of gateway, Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

104
Photograph of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

107
Photograph of Rumkale castle and the River Euphrates, Turkey (photograph)

110
Photograph of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

113
Photograph of machicolation, Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

116
Photograph of the rocky location of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

119
Photograph of the west front of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

122
Photograph of Chastel Blanc, Syria (photograph)

125
Photograph of the interior of Chastel Blanc, Syria (photograph)

128
Photograph of Chastel Blanc, Syria (photograph)

130
Photograph of Sahyun castle, Syria (photograph)

132
Photograph of the moat of Sahyun castle, Syria (photograph)

134
Photograph of a tower, Sanliurfa castle, Turkey (photograph)

136
Photograph of the moat of Sanliurfa castle, Turkey, with a freestanding stone pillar (photograph)

139
Photograph of the moat of Sanliurfa castle, Turkey (photograph)

142
Photograph of Sanliurfa castle, Turkey, with town visible in distance (photograph)

145
Photograph of a sharply angled tower, Sanliurfa castle, Turkey (photograph)

149
Photograph of an unidentified stone wall (photograph)

152

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