Far from a donkey : the life of General Sir Ivor Maxse, KCB, CVO, DSO /
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| Author / Creator: | Baynes, John, Sir |
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| Edition: | 1st English ed. |
| Imprint: | London ; Washington : Brassey's, 1995. |
| Description: | xi, 244 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2385266 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Childhood and First School, 1862-77
- 2. Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- 3. Service with the Royal Fusiliers - 1882-91
- 4. Settling into the Coldstream Guards, 1891-96
- 5. Campaigning in the Sudan, 1897-98
- 6. The Battle of Omdurman
- 7. Fashoda, and Exploration of the Sobat River, 1898-99
- 8. The Boer War, 1899-1902
- 9. Mainly Regimental Duty, 1901-10
- 10. Command of 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot, 1910-14
- 11. With 1st Guards Brigade in Action, 1914
- 12. Raising and Training the 18th Division
- 13. Command of the 18th Division on the Somme in July 1916
- 14. The Capture of Thiepval and the Schwaben Redoubt during Operations from September to December 1916
- 15. Command of XVIII Corps in 1917 and Early 1918
- 16. Command of XVIII Corps during the Battles of March 1918
- 17. XVIII Corps's Movements from 27 March to the End of May 1918
- 18. Inspector General of Training
- 19. GOC-in-C, Northern Command
- 20. The Fruitgrower, 1923 to 1958.