Mis-filed in the WW1 Service Records (WO 363) is a collection of notes (one marked Very Secret, but written in German!) from various sources, all dated 19/20 July 1918. They range from "Nothing To Report" to detailed action in France.
Is this a significant date?
Authors: DOS Alexandria/GOC Aden/GOC Mesopotamia/GOC E Africa/GOC Castletown/DST Salonika/Embarkation Bombay/CGS Ottawa/CinC Gibraltar/Akkas Cairo/DOS Salonika/GHQ France/General Grant/Embarking Southampton.
May be of interest to someone doing research.
Anc****y, WW1 Service Records, MAR, pages 169301-169319
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13-05-2021, 7:07 AM #1
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Confidential? Reports, 19-20 July 1918
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13-05-2021, 9:07 AM #2
Battle of The Marne started 19/20 July. A bit confusing as the list covers Salonika and Middle East, but France is mentioned too.
Peter Nicholl
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14-05-2021, 6:14 AM #3
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Well that would explain the GHQ France report: bombs dropped all over the place and prisoners taken "since YESTERDAY MORNING":
10th Army - 17000
6th Army - 1800
5th Army - 140
Those numbers are mind-blowing - I've never considered what happened to prisoners in the middle of a battle. What would you do with them all?
Thank you Peter
Jane
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