The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918 Vol 1, 2, 3
By Frederick Ponsonby
Length34h 39m
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Excerpt: "When the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated at Sarajevo in Serbia on June 28, 1914, it never for a moment occurred to any one in this country that the crime could in any way affect the destinies of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Footguards. No one dreamed that, before another year had passed, not only would the three Battalions be fighting in a European war, but there would even be a 4th Battalion at the front, in addition to a 5th Reserve Battalion of almost unwieldy proportions. Even when Austria began to show her teeth, it still seemed an "incident" quite beyond our horizon. If Austria and Serbia did come to blows, Great Britain was not even indirectly involved, and the British Army, therefore, remained unmoved. The Balkan peoples were constantly in a state of warlike commotion, but their troubles hardly affected the great British Empire. The war clouds, that from time to time darkened the European sky, had hitherto always been dispersed. More than once of late years the German Emperor had rattled his sword 2in the scabbard, and talked or telegraphed to the very limits of indiscretion, but nothing had ever come of it, nor did it seem at all probable that the assassination of an Austrian Archduke could be made the pretext for a European conflagration."
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GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length34 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1VOL.1
2INTRODUCTION
3PREFACE
4ILLUSTRATIONS
5CHAPTER I THE SITUATION BEFORE THE WAR
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6CHAPTER II ARRIVAL OF THE 2ND BATTALION IN FRANCE
7CHAPTER III THE RETREAT FROM MONS (2ND BATTALION)
8CHAPTER IV THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE (2ND BATTALION)
9CHAPTER V THE PASSAGE OF THE AISNE (2ND BATTALION)
10CHAPTER VI THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES (1ST BATTALION)
11CHAPTER VII THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES (2ND BATTALION)
12CHAPTER VIII NOVEMBER 1914 TO MARCH 1915
13CHAPTER IX NOVEMBER 1914 TO MAY 1915 (2ND BATTALION)
14CHAPTER X THE BATTLE OF NEUVE CHAPELLE (1ST BATTALION)
15CHAPTER XI THE BATTLE OF FESTUBERT
16CHAPTER XII MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1915
17CHAPTER XIII MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1915 (2ND BATTALION)
18CHAPTER XIV FORMATION OF THE GUARDS DIVISION
19CHAPTER XV BATTLE OF LOOS, 1915
20CHAPTER XVI OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 1915
21CHAPTER XVII JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1916
22VOL.2
23CHAPTER XVIII
24CHAPTER XIX (pt. 1)
25CHAPTER XIX (pt. 2)
26CHAPTER XX
27CHAPTER XXI
28CHAPTER XXII
29CHAPTER XXIII
30CHAPTER XXIV
31CHAPTER XXV
32CHAPTER XXVI
33CHAPTER XXVII
34VOL.3
35ILLUSTRATIONS
36CHAPTER XXVIII
37CHAPTER XXIX
38CHAPTER XXX
39CHAPTER XXXI
40CHAPTER XXXII
41CHAPTER XXXIII
42CHAPTER XXXIV
43CHAPTER XXXV
44CHAPTER XXXVI
45CHAPTER XXXVII
46CHAPTER XXXVIII
47CHAPTER XXXIX
48CHAPTER XL
49APPENDIX I
50APPENDIX II
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