The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [title page]
  • [dedication]
  • Preface p. iii
  • Forewords p. ix
    • 1. By the Commander of the New Zealand Division, Major-General Sir A. H. Russell, K.C.B., K.C.M.G — by A. H. Russell p. ix
    • 2. By the Honorary Colonel of the Regiment, His Excellency the Earl of Liverpool, P.C., G.C.M.G., G.B.E., M.V.O — by The Earl of Liverpool p. xi
  • Introductory Note: The Outbreak of the Great War, and New Zealand's Offer p. xiii
  • Contents p. xvi
  • Appendices p. xviii
  • [illustrations]
  • List of Illustrations p. xix
• The New Zealand Rifle Brigade
  • Chapter I. From New Zealand To Egypt
    • Part 1.—Preparation p. 1
    • Part 2.—Departure for Egypt p. 16
  • Chapter II. The Senussi Campaign
    • Part 1.—General. — The Senussi sect—Senussi unrest—Enemy influence—Commencement of hostilities—Enemy strength—Western Frontier Force p. 24
    • Part 2.—The 2nd Battalion On The Line Of Communications p. 27
    • Part 3.—The 1st Battalion At Mersa Matruh p. 30
  • Chapter III. On the Suez Canal p. 55
    • Part 1: Brigade Headquarters And The 1st and 2nd Battalions p. 55
    • Part 2.—The 3rd and 4th Battalions p. 59
    • Part 3.—The Brigade Complete p. 63
  • Chapter IV. In The Battle Zone Of The Flanders Front p. 69
    • Part 1.—Movements p. 69
    • Part 2.—The Fighting On The Flanders Front From The Outbreak Of War Till May, 1916 p. 77
  • Chapter V. Armentieres
    • Part 1.—In The Trenches p. 87
    • Part 2.—Training For The Somme p. 110
  • Chapter VI. The Battle of the Somme, 1916
    • Part 1.—The Earlier Fighting p. 113
    • Part 2.—The Third Phase: New Zealanders Engaged
      • Section 1—General p. 117
      • Section 2.—The Advance Beyond Flers, September 15th p. 122
      • Section 3.—General Attack Renewed, September 25th p. 137
      • Section 4.—Further Progress of the Battle p. 146
  • Chapter VII. From Fleurbaix to Ploegsteert
    • Part 1.—The Boutillerie Sector p. 148
    • Part 2.—The Cordonnerie Sector p. 168
    • Part 3.—The Ploegsteert Sector p. 174
  • Chapter VIII. The Battle of Messines
    • Part 1.—Before the Battle p. 184
    • Part 2.—The Place of the Battle of Messines in the General Scheme of Operations p. 190
    • Part 3.—The Battle p. 193
  • Chapter IX. After Messines p. 214
    • Part 1.—The Advance in the Ploegsteert Sector p. 214
    • Part 2.—With the French First Army in Northern Belgium p. 220
    • Part 3.—The Warneton Sector p. 223
  • Chapter X. The Third Battle of Ypres p. 227
    • Part 1.—Digging in the Ypres Salient p. 227
    • Part 2.—Progress of the British Offensive Operations p. 230
    • Part 3.—Passchendaele, October 12th p. 235
    • Part 4.—Concluding Phase of the third Battle of Ypres p. 248
  • Chapter XI p. 250
    • The Ypres Salient. Part 1.—After Passchendaele p. 250
    • Part 2.—Stationary Trench Warfare p. 251
    • Part 3.—In Corps Reserve p. 268
  • Chapter XII The Ancre, 1918
    • Part 1.—The German Thrust at Amiens p. 271
    • Part 2.—The New Zealand Rifle Brigade into the Gap p. 275
    • Part 3.—Straightening the Line p. 288
    • Part 4.—The German Attack, April 5th p. 300
    • Part 5.—Stationary Trench Warfare p. 310
  • Chapter XIII. The Beginning of the Advance to Victory p. 327
  • Chapter XIV. The Battle of Bapaume
    • Part 1.—the General Situation p. 342
    • Part 2.—Puisieux-Au-Mont, August 21st p. 345
    • Part 3.—Miraumont, August 23rd p. 352
    • Part 4.—Bapaume, August 28th to 29th p. 355
    • Part 5.—Fremicourt, August 30th to September 1st p. 366
  • Chapter XV. The Battle of the Scarpe p. 374
  • Chapter XVI. The Battle of Havrincourt and Epehy p. 377
    • Part 1.—Trescault Spur, September 9th p. 377
    • Part 2.—Trescault Spur, September 12th p. 384
  • Chapter XVII. The Battle of Cambrai and the Hindenburg Line p. 396
    • Part 1.—The General Attack p. 396
    • Part 2.—Crevecoeur, October 5th p. 399
  • Chapter XVIII. From Crevecoeur to le Quesnoy. (The Battle of Le Cateau and the Battle of the Selle River.) p. 404
    • Part 1.—Lesdain and Beyond, October 8th p. 404
    • Part 2.—the Advance to the Selle River p. 415
    • Part 3.—the Battle of the Selle River p. 417
  • Chapter XIX. Le Quesnoy and the Armistice. (The Battle of the Sambre.)
    • Part 1.—Minor Operations p. 421
    • Part 2.—The Capture of le Quesnoy, November 4th, 1918 p. 435
    • Part 3.—Concluding Stage p. 465
  • Chapter XX. To The Rhine p. 468
    • Part 1.—After Le Quesnoy p. 468
    • Part 2.—The March to Germany p. 472
    • Part 3.—The End p. 478
• • Appendix I. Honours and Awards p. 481
  • Appendix II. The Honoured Dead
    • [introduction] p. 490
    • Brigadier-General Harry Townsend Fulton, C.M.G., D.S.O. (d) [F]
    • [list of dead] p. 493
  • Appendix III. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade Training Battalion p. 525
  • Appendix IV. Dress Regulations of The New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1918 p. 533
  • Appendix V. The Dunsterforce Expedition p. 536
  • Appendix VI. The Third Field Ambulance p. 542
  • Appendix VII. "Digger" and "Dink." p. 568
  • Appendix VIII. Cheerfulness at Warneton p. 570
  • Appendix IX. Notes on Marlborough's Campaigns, 1708-1710. (From Nelson's History of the War, by John Buchan.) p. 572
  • Appendix X p. 575
    • The Rifle Brigade. (Prince Consort's Own). (Adapted Extracts from "A Short History of the Rifle Brigade," by Captain H. G. Parkyn.*) p. 575
    • Battle Honours of The Rifle Brigade up to the Outbreak of the Great War p. 580
  • Appendix XI. Diary of the War. (From "The Times" of November 12, 1918.) p. 581
    • 1914 p. 581
    • 1915 p. 582
    • 1916 p. 583
    • 1917 p. 584
    • 1918 p. 585
    • Peace p. 587

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