Chapter IV: Conclusion: 28th October 1918 to 15th March 1919

Events leading up to the Armistice, 11th Nov. 1918—The March to
the Bridgehead—The Division in Germany—End of the Ninth Division,
15th March 1919—Value of the Administrative and Supply Services—
The Work of “Q” Branch—The Ordnance Department—The Padres—The
Co-operative Spirit 382

APPENDICES

I. TABLE SHOWING ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE NINTH (SCOTTISH)
DIVISION 397

II. TABLE SHOWING THE PERIODS SPENT IN THE LINE 400

III. LIST OF COMMANDERS AND STAFF 402

IV. CASUALTIES OF THE NINTH DIVISION 409

V. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS 410

VI. SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY SAPPERS AND PIONEERS IN
PREPARATION FOR THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 413

VII. LIST SHOWING MATERIAL ISSUED AND SALVED BY THE ORDNANCE
DEPARTMENT 415

VIII. DIVISIONAL INSTITUTES AND CANTEENS 416

INDEX 419

MAPS 437

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LANDSCAPES
_From Water-colour Sketches by Captain F. E. Hodge, late R.F.A._

Menin Gate, Ypres _Frontispiece_

Festubert _Face page_ 16

Loos ” 32

Lawrence Farm (Sketch of his Battalion H.Q. by
Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill) ” 76

Ploegsteert Wood ” 82

Delville Wood ” 110

Ablain St Nazaire, Notre Dame, and Vimy Ridge ” 146

Butte de Warlencourt ” 154

Arras (view in the town), West Gate ” 180

Arras (view outside town), battle front, April 1917 ” 204

Havrincourt ” 220

Zonnebeke from the Frezenberg Ridge ” 228

St Julien, Artillery H.Q. “Pill-box” ” 240

Nieuport Bains, looking towards German Lines ” 248

Gonnelieu from Gouzeaucourt ” 254

Wytschaete, from Vierstraat ” 298

Kemmel and Ypres from the Frezenberg Ridge ” 308

Meteren ” 322

“Pill-box” near Ledeghem ” 350

Ingoyghem and Ooteghem, “The Last Ridge” ” 376

PORTRAITS

Major-General G. H. Thesiger, C.B., C.M.G. _Face page_ 52

Lieut.-General Sir W. T. Furse, K.C.B., D.S.O. ” 62

Major-General Sir H. T. Lukin, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 172

Major-General H. H. Tudor, C.B., C.M.G. ” 394

MAPS
_At End of Book_

1. Loos.

2. The Somme, Longueval, and Delville Wood.

3. The Butte de Warlencourt, October 1916.

4. Arras: Action of 9th April 1917.

5. Arras: Actions of 12th April to 5th June 1917.

6. Passchendaele: Action near Frezenberg, 20th September 1917.

7. Passchendaele: Action near St Julien, 12th October 1917.

8. The Retreat on the Somme, March 1918.

9. Wytschaete and Kemmel, April 1918.

10. Meteren and Hoegenacker: July and August 1918.

11. The Final Advance, September to October 1918.

HISTORY OF THE NINTH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION