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File contaning General Staff pamphlets relating to training of units during World War One, notably on infantry attack formations, the employment of specialists during the attack, tactical schemes of 4 Army, and the training of platoons, companies, battalions and divisions for offensive action. Also including pamphlet on Mountain warfare produced by General Staff India, 1920. 1 file.

Typed war diary of 4 Corps, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Corps, notably covering the role of 4 Corps in the Battle of Loos, 25 Sep-9 Nov, and including three trench maps of the Loos area, Dec 1915-Feb 1916. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Sept 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, crossing of the Somme by the Canadian Corps, 4-5 Sept 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; map showing land gained by 4 Army during 1-30 Sept 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Sept 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, and also including summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Sept 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Oct, including descriptions of operations of 4 Army, notably, Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, 3-5 Oct 1918; participation of 4 Army in the pursuit of the German Army, including the Second Battle of Cambrai, 8-9 Oct, and the Battle of the Selle, 17-25 Oct 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; map showing land gained by 4 Army during 1-31 Oct 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Oct 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, also including map showing distribution of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army Oct 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 May 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army, also including weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; report by Montomery-Massingberd on fighting on the Rheims and Soissons front, and lessons to be drawn on this regarding the uses of Artillery; and also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 May 1917 describing operations of 4 Army, notably, offensives at Sonnet Farm and La Vacquerie, May 5-6 1917, and summarising artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for May 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Jun 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, attacks by the Australian Corps on German forces in the Morlancourt area, Jun 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Jun 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army; also including maps showing trench formations of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Jun 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jul 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, offensives of 4 Australian Div at Hamel and Vaire Woods, 4 Jul 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; map showing ground gained by 4 Army from 4-12 Jul 1918; and also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jul 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, notably the move of 4 Army to Flanders to take control of the coastal sector in preparation for the Flanders offensive (Third Battle of Ypres); report on the German use of mustard gas at Nieuport, 21-22 Jul 1917, by Capt A J Allmand, Chemical Advisor, 49 Div, 15 Corps; and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Jul 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jan 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army; report produced by General Staff 4 Army, entitled, 'Policy n the Army Front 1918', describing defensive measures such as the numbering and naming of trenches and outlining offensive objectives around the Gheluvelt Spur and Becelaers Spur; and also including maps showing the distribution of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Jan 1918. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the periods Feb-Jun 1916 and Nov 1916-Mar 1917, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, the creation of 4 Army in Feb 1916 and the takeover of the Somme Front by 4 Army; also papers on the German withdrawal to the Hindenberg Line and the British advance, Mar 1917, and summaries of artillery usage and transfer of units of 4 Army for Feb-Jun 1916 and Nov 1916-Mar 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-28 Feb 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army; also reporting the appointment of Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Officer Commanding 4 Army, as British Representative to the Supreme War Council at Versailles, Feb 1918; also including summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Feb 1918. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Aug 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, Amiens offensive, begun 8 Aug 1918; map showing land gained during Amiens offensive, 8-31 Aug 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Aug 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, and also including map showing distribution of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Aug 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Apr 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably the defence of Amiens by counter attacks at Villers Bretoneux, 24-27 Apr 1918; report by Maj L E Beaves, 53 Battery, Australian Field Artillery, on the destruction of the aeroplane of German Capt Manfred Freiherr von Richtofen; also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units of to and from 4 Army. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Apr 1917, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, operations to capture the main German outposts and the bombardment of the Hindenburg Line along the whole 4 Army front to coincide with the battles of Arras and Vimy Ridge, Apr 1917; also summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Apr 1917. 1 file.

War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Nov 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, the Battle of the Sambre, 4 Nov 1918; the pursuit of the German Army across the Belgian border by mobile force of Maj Gen Sir (Hugh) Keppel Bethell, Officer Commanding 66 Div, 4th British Army, 9 Nov 1918; operational orders for 4 Army during Nov 1918, by Montgomery; map showing land gained by 4 Army during 1-11 Oct 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.