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Condition: New. 2002. N & M Press reprint (original pub 1920). SB. xx + 468pp with maps17 b/w photos and two colour plates Published Price £22 The 5th Australian Division began to form in February 1916 in Egypt with 8th, 14th and 15th Brigades. The 8th had been raised in Australia in June 1915 and arrived in Egypt in December, the 14th and 15th Brigades were made up half from personnel of the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 1st Division (recently back from Gallipoli) and half from reinforcements already in Egypt. The four battalions of the 8th Brigade had already been numbered (in Australia) 29th-32nd, the eight battalions of the newly created 14th and 15th Brigades were numbered 53rd-60th. The divisional commander was the Hon J.W McCay, who arrived in March from Australia where he had been Inspector General. The division arrived in France at the end of June 1916 and within three weeks, on 19th July, it was in action in the attack on Fromelles, the same area that saw the disastrous assault on Aubers Ridge some fourteen months earlier. This attack was equally disastrous with 5,533 casualties, the highest casualty figure incurred in a day by any division other than that of 34th Division on 1st July 1916. Other major actions fought by the 5th Australian Division included Bullecourt, Polygon Wood, first and second battles of Passchendaele, Amiens, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, occupation of Peronne, and St Quentin Canal (capture of the Bellicourt Tunnel Defences). Seven VCs were won and from figures quoted from time to time, the final casualty figure must have numbered more than 25,000 (remembering the divison's first action was nearly two years after the war had been in progress.This is a very good history with much detailed descriptive writing - some of it very vivid: The fields became mere areas of dishevelled rubbish, the shell-holes filled with putrid water in which rotted the corpses of men and animals. Appendices list all honours and awards with full citation for the VC awards, and the complete Roll of Honour listed, as in the case of the honours and awards, alphabetically by units. The two colour plates depict colour patches worn by units of the division. Unfortunately there is no index. Book.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Important reference with considerable detail. 468pp., ills., including 2 colour plates of patches and colours, appendices, including honous and awards, casualties. Some foxing, and some minor blemishes, else very good condition, red cloth, gilt. Above average weight. …

Ownership signature of a captain mentioned in the book. Super octavo, red buckram boards, blind rule to cover boards, gilt stamp to board, gilt lettering stamp and rule to spine, frontispiece, xx + 468pp, 3 folding maps, VG (fading and soiling to spine, heavy chipping to spine extrems, foxing to page edges, slight soiling to boards, light scuffing to rear board, moderate tanning and foxing to pages, heavy crack to gutters sporadically throughout).…

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo xix + 468pp., frontis., b/w plates, colour patch plsates, maps, plans, appends., Honour rolls for all Battalions, Being an authoritative account of the Division's Doings in Egypt, France & Belgium. Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w VG complete reference copy.…

468 pp, 2 tipped-in coloured plates, b&w photographic plates, small (5 mm) nick on spine, minor sunning from shelf exposure, else very good copy in gold-blocked red, cloth boards.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo xix + 468pp., frontis., b/w plates, colour patch plsates, maps, plans, appends., Honour rolls for all Battalions, Gilt device to front cover. A very good copy. Scarce.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo xix + 468pp., frontis., b/w plates, colour patch plsates, maps, plans, appends., Honour rolls for all Battalions, Gilt device to front cover. Cloth rather worn & faded & tender front hinge o/w very good copy. Scarce.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xix, 408pp,4 appendices, maps, charts, bw photographs. Or red cloth with gilt rising sun on front. No date- 1920. Very slight fading of spine, spine with vertical crease, minor foxing. An excellent example of this scarce Australian unit hisotry. The Fifth Division saw action in many battles including Fromelles, Somme, Polygon Wood, Messines-Wytschaete, Villers-Bretonneux, Western Front and Peronne. Size: 8vo.…

First Edition. With maps, charts, photographs, and appendices. Foreword by Marshal F. Foch. Pp. xx+468, frontispiece portrait, 13 full page plates plus 2 tipped-in coloured plates ((unit colour patches), numerous maps and diagrams in text plus 3 folding maps, appendices; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in gilt & blind, the boards marked and lightly flecked, edges lightly worn, with small cloth loss to lower fore-edge of lower board, fore-corners slightly bruised; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, free endpapers and leaves opposite plates and inserted maps offset, some occasional foxing, including to edges of leaves, lower fore-corner of several leaves slightly bruised; Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[1920]. First edition. Dornbusch 311; Fielding and O'Neill, p. 244; Trigellis-Smith 188. *With a loosely inserted small white card, inscribed 'With the author's compliments. Rev. W. Devine, Lancefield, Vict.'. Signed. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The 5th Australian Division began to form in February 1916 in Egypt with 8th, 14th and 15th Brigades. The 8th had been raised in Australia in June 1915 and arrived in Egypt in December, the 14th and 15th Brigades were made up half from personnel of the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 1st Division (recently back from Gallipoli) and half from reinforcements already in Egypt. The four battalions of the 8th Brigade had already been numbered (in Australia) 29th-32nd, the eight battalions of the newly created 14th and 15th Brigades were numbered 53rd-60th. The divisional commander was the Hon J.W McCay, who arrived in March from Australia where he had been Inspector General. The division arrived in France at the end of June 1916 and within three weeks, on 19th July, it was in action in the attack on Fromelles, the same area that saw the disastrous assault on Aubers Ridge some fourteen months earlier. This attack was equally disastrous with 5,533 casualties, the highest casualty figure incurred in a day by any division other than that of 34th Division on 1st July 1916. Other major actions fought by the 5th Australian Division included Bullecourt, Polygon Wood, first and second battles of Passchendaele, Amiens, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, occupation of Peronne, and St Quentin Canal (capture of the Bellicourt Tunnel Defences). Seven VCs were won and from figures quoted from time to time, the final casualty figure must have numbered more than 25,000 (remembering the divison's first action was nearly two years after the war had been in progress.This is a very good history with much detailed descriptive writing - some of it very vivid: The fields became mere areas of dishevelled rubbish, the shell-holes filled with putrid water in which rotted the corpses of men and animals. Appendices list all honours and awards with full citation for the VC awards, and the complete Roll of Honour listed, as in the case of the honours and awards, alphabetically by units. The two colour plates depict colour patches worn by units of the division. Unfortunately there is no index.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextThe 5th Australian Division began to form in February 1916 in Egypt with 8th, 14th and 15th Brigades. The 8th had been raised in Australia in June 1915 and arrived in Egypt in December, the 14th and 15th Brigades were made up .…