New Zealand Artillery in the Field

The History of the New Zealand Artillery, 1914-1918

Auteurs

• N. Z. F. a. Lieutenant J. R. Byrne

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• Pages: 424 pages
• Temps de lecture: 15 heures

• Histoire

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The New Zealand Field Artillery s experience in the Great War dates from December 1914 when its single brigade, consisting of three four-gun batteries, arrived in Egypt to train and prepare fpor the Gallipoli landings. The NZFA had the honour of being the first battery ashore at Gallipoli, on 26th April 1915. Later, greatly expanded, the NZFA went to the Western Front where it served at Armentieres, on the Somme and in the Ypres Salient, taking part in the fighting at Third Ypres (I Passchendaele). This is a full account of the service of a unit which was in the thick of the fighting.

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• Année de publication: 2004
• Reliure: (souple)