Item MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 5/4-5 - Copy war diary for 4 Division General Headquarters, Western Front, Aug 1914 - Aug 1915

Typed copy war diary of General Headquarters, 4 Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), compiled by Montgomery, as General Staff Officer, 4 Div, including details of the arrival of the division in France; participation in the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug, the Battle of the Marne, 6-9 Sep, the pursuit to the River Aisne, 10-12 Sep, and the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sep; transfer to Flanders during early October; participation in the Battle of Armentiéres, 13-17 Oct, and the First and Second Battles of Ypres, 19 Oct-22 Nov 1914 and 22 Apr-25 May 1915; casualty lists, 1914-1915; maps of Le Cateau and the trench system and defences around Armentiéres; copy reports by Brig Gen Royal Artillery, 4 Div, and 11 Brig, on the attack on Farm 14 on 6 Jul 1915; papers relating to the relief of 4 Div and its move to the Arras area, Jul 1915. 2 files.