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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
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Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1VOL.1
31CHAPTER XXV
2INTRODUCTION
32CHAPTER XXVI
3PREFACE
33CHAPTER XXVII
4ILLUSTRATIONS
34VOL.3
5CHAPTER I THE SITUATION BEFORE THE WAR
35ILLUSTRATIONS
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6CHAPTER II ARRIVAL OF THE 2ND BATTALION IN FRANCE
36CHAPTER XXVIII
7CHAPTER III THE RETREAT FROM MONS (2ND BATTALION)
37CHAPTER XXIX
8CHAPTER IV THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE (2ND BATTALION)
38CHAPTER XXX
9CHAPTER V THE PASSAGE OF THE AISNE (2ND BATTALION)
39CHAPTER XXXI
10CHAPTER VI THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES (1ST BATTALION)
40CHAPTER XXXII
11CHAPTER VII THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES (2ND BATTALION)
41CHAPTER XXXIII
12CHAPTER VIII NOVEMBER 1914 TO MARCH 1915
42CHAPTER XXXIV
13CHAPTER IX NOVEMBER 1914 TO MAY 1915 (2ND BATTALION)
43CHAPTER XXXV
14CHAPTER X THE BATTLE OF NEUVE CHAPELLE (1ST BATTALION)
44CHAPTER XXXVI
15CHAPTER XI THE BATTLE OF FESTUBERT
45CHAPTER XXXVII
16CHAPTER XII MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1915
46CHAPTER XXXVIII
17CHAPTER XIII MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1915 (2ND BATTALION)
47CHAPTER XXXIX
18CHAPTER XIV FORMATION OF THE GUARDS DIVISION
48CHAPTER XL
19CHAPTER XV BATTLE OF LOOS, 1915
49APPENDIX I
20CHAPTER XVI OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 1915
50APPENDIX II
21CHAPTER XVII JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1916
51APPENDIX III
22VOL.2
52APPENDIX IV (pt. 1)
23CHAPTER XVIII
53APPENDIX IV (pt. 2)
24CHAPTER XIX (pt. 1)
54APPENDIX V
25CHAPTER XIX (pt. 2)
55APPENDIX VI
26CHAPTER XX
56APPENDIX VII
27CHAPTER XXI
57APPENDIX VIII
28CHAPTER XXII
58APPENDIX IX
29CHAPTER XXIII
59APPENDIX X
30CHAPTER XXIV
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