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Title: How armies fight
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Gruggisberg, Frederick Gordon (Sir) Gillmore, Parker
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Military art and science
Publisher: London T. Nelson
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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LE OF TROU-DU-BOIS. (Continued.) The First Attack on Bruyere. MAP 13 shows the state of affairs at Trou-du-Bois at nine oclock, half an hour after theGermans have driven the Guards from theirtrenches. The Grenadiers, Buffs, and part of the Irish Guardshave come into line along the road running from NorthBruyere to Bruyere Farm. This, for the sake of sim-plicity, I will henceforth call the Bruyere Position.The 7th, 14th, 63rd, and 73rd Field Batteries, and the37th and 65th Howitzer Batteries, are shelling the positionlately held by the British. The Lincolns and Yorkshires,sent post haste from the General Reserve at Maransart,have just arrived behind Bois Hill. The enemy are swarming around Ellencourt Farm,where F Company of the Coldstreams is fighting bravelyand hopelessly against overwhelming odds. The remnants of the Coldstreams and Scots are in fullretreat towards Bruyere, as are also the three companiesof Irish, whose position near Bois Farm becomes too % mile to \ Napoleons Wood*,
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^C^/LET 0/=- YrfrtJD^ EOO AOO 6OO 800 IOOO Hbilf c*. mile ->> _1 mile to \ Promt KEY TO MAP. THE SIGNS ARE PRINTED IN RED UNLESSOTHERWISE STATED BELOW rii Company of Infantry (about 100 men). i v „ „ „ in trendies. A,JB, C, & These Letters give the Names of the Com-panies. o The Tool Cart of a Battalion. -g. The Ammunition Cart of a Battalion. Paths made through Hedges and Fences. _> Direction in which the Troops move during the Battle. blue =>. Direction of the German Attack. J-=. Battery of Artillery (6 guns). ;_A „ „ „ intrenched. _5. _* Single Guns. crosseo ( ^ A Fortified Souse. WITH REDJ 1^1- A Demolished House. -rr A Splinter-Proof. !lrIS %£)£ffy. Trees and Hedges cut down. ^$556^ An Abatis of Branches and Wire.slue %%m$ A Wvre Entanglement. + A Collecting Station for Wounded Men. THE BATTLE OF TROU-DU-BOIS. 315 dangerously exposed to hold after the Germans captureTrou-du-Bois. One or two of the Guards companies have become quitedemoralized, the of

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