Patrol reports relating to the 45th Infantry Battalion, 1918

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Accession Number RCDIG0000902
Collection number 2DRL/0847
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Papers
Physical description 30 Image/s captured
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Daily patrol reports and associated maps relating to the 45th Infantry Battalion, France, 28 April - 12 July 1918

This notebook contains embellished hand-written daily patrol reports and hand-drawn maps relating to the 45th Infantry Battalion in the vicinity of Villers-Bretonneux, Corbie and Hamel from April - July 1918. The entries provide an insight into the objectives, observations and general activities of small groups attached to the 45th Infantry Battalion tasked with routine late night patrols in no man's land and adjacent enemy territory.