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Delville Wood order of battle

Delville Wood order of battle

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The Battle of Delville Wood was fought from 14 July to 3 September 1916, one of the twelve battles of the Somme in 1916. It was fought by the British and French against the army of the German Empire in the Somme River valley in northern France. The battle was the début of the 1st South African Brigade (part of the 9th (Scottish) Division) on the Western Front, which captured Delville Wood and held it from 15 to 19 July. The casualties of the brigade were similar to those of many British brigades on First day on the Somme (1 July 1916).[1]

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Delville Wood is well preserved with the remains of trenches, a museum and monument to the 1st South African Brigade. After the relief of the South Africans the battle for the wood continued until the end of August, when the last German footholds were captured by the 43rd Brigade of the 14th (Light) Division on 27 August. A large German counter-attack on 31 August regained part of the north edge of the wood until British attacks from 4 to 8 September, which secured the wood until the battles of 1918.[2]

Orders of Battle

British and Dominion forces

Map of the Longueval and Delville Wood area (commune FR insee code 80378)
More information Order of battle for actions associated with the capture of Trônes Wood: 14–15 July 1916. ...
More information Order of battle for actions associated with the capture of Longueval: 14–17 July 1916. ...
More information Order of battle for actions associated with the first capture of Delville Wood: 14 July – 3 September 1916 ...
More information Order of battle for actions associated with holding Delville Wood: 4 September 1916 – April 1917 ...
More information Order of battle for actions associated with the second capture of Delville Wood: 1 – 28 August 1918 ...

South African casualties

1st South African Brigade: Casualties during the Battle of Delville Wood 14–20 July 1916[12]
Brigade / UnitUnit strength
14 July		KilledWoundedMissing / POWDied of wounds
to October		Total CasualtiesEffective unit
strength after
20 July
Off*Other
Ranks		TotalOff*Other
Ranks		TotalOff*Other
Ranks		TotalOff*Other
Ranks		TotalOff*Other
Ranks		TotalOff*Other
Ranks		TotalOff*Other
Ranks		Total
1st Battalion317487797108115173463632737512930275565834192196
2nd Battalion2866969711951061237338509292325282658561128486
3rd Battalion298478768120128154034186225231030302977880706969
4th Battalion276726994104108152933081848503232205135337159166
Other896104000202000000202696102
Total1233,0323,15530427457611,4151,476947448341161201042,4322,53619600619

Note: * = Officers

German Forces


More information Order of battle for forces of the German Empire for actions in Trônes Wood, Longueval and Delville Wood: 14 July – 3 September 1916 ...

Footnotes

German trench Delville Wood, September 1916
  1. [1]
    GPSO 2010, pp. 99–111.
  2. [2]
    Miles 1992, pp. 90–100, 102–112, 136–141, 149–156, 178–185, 190–196, 262–270.
  3. [3]
    Miles 1994, p. 109.
  4. [4]
    Liddle 2001, p. 186.
  5. [5]
    Miles 1994, p. 107.
  6. [6]
    Ewing 2009, pp. 397–399.
  7. [7]
    Wyrall 1921, p. 246.
  8. [8]
    Liddle 2001, p. 187.
  9. [9]
    Moorhouse 2003, p. 267.
  10. [10]
    Miles 1994, p. 111.
  11. [11]
    Miles 1994, p. 113.
  12. [12]
    Uys 1991, pp. 194–198.
  13. [13]
    Miles 1994, p. 118.
  14. [14]
    Miles 1994, p. 119.

References

Memorial, South African Brigade Headquarters, Delville Wood.
  • Ewing, J. (2009) [1921]. The History of the Ninth (Scottish) Division 1914–1919 (Naval & Military Press ed.). London: John Murray. ISBN 978-1-84342-190-0.
  • Liddle, P. (2001) [1992]. The 1916 Battle of the Somme. London: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-1-84022-240-1.
  • Miles, W. (1992) [1938]. Military Operations in France and Belgium 1916: 2 July to the End of the Battles of the Somme. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. II (Imperial War Museum & Battery Press ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-89839-169-5.
  • Miles, W. (1994) [1938]. Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916: Maps and Appendices. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. II (Imperial War Museum & Battery Press ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-89839-207-4.
  • Moorhouse, B. (2003). Forged by Fire: The Battle Tactics and Soldiers of a World War One Battalion, The 7th Somerset Light Infantry (1st ed.). Staplehurst: Spellmount. ISBN 978-0-89839-207-4.
  • The Union of South Africa and the Great War 1914–1918: Official History (Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press ed.). Pretoria: Government Print and Stationery Office. 1924. ISBN 978-0-89839-207-4. OCLC 16795056.
  • Uys, I. (1991). Rollcall: The Delville Wood Story. Germiston: Uys Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9583173-1-3.
  • Wyrall, E. (1921). The History of the Second Division, 1914–1918. Vol. II. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. OCLC 869415401.

Further reading

Books

Journals

  • Uys, I. (December 1986). "South Africans at Delville Wood". South African Military History Journal. 7 (2). South African Military History Society/Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging. ISSN 0026-4016. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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