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FIRST WORLD WAR: OPERATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE
BRITISH FIRST AND SECOND ARMIES
MS 90-3

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Box 1 FF 1 Contains 57th Division Daily Bulletins, numbers 1 to 33, one a day beginning July 11, 1917 and ending August 12, 1917, brief reports of daily activities and observations of 57th Infantry Division.
Box 1 FF 2 Contains 57th Division Daily Intelligence Summaries, numbers 154 to 172, one a day beginning July 28, 1917 and ending August 15, 1917, brief reports of divisional expenditures, activities, casualties, and observations. Also included are similar, brief reports on the enemy.
Box 1 FF 3 Contains 11th Corps Fortnightly Intelligence Summary - covering the period of July 16, 1917 to July 31, 1917; two maps of 11th Corps area showing German Improvements to Trench System, May - July 1917; Interrogation Report of two prisoners captured on the night of July 31 - August 1, 1917 from a Bavarian Infantry Regiment; Interrogation report on two prisoners captured on the night of July 28-29, 1917 from 101st Reserve Infantry Regiment, 219th Division; Interrogations Report on deserter from 3rd Company, 161st Infantry Regiment, 185th Division who surrendered on July 25, 1917; and an English translation of a captured German document, "Regimental Order of 29th Infantry Regiment," dated July 5, 1917, captured July 31, 1917.
Box 1 FF 4 Contains standing order for 41st Infantry Division regarding training, precautions, and actions before, during, and after gas attacks, December 1, 1916, 17 printed pages and a one page, both sides, addendum to standing orders on gas attacks, December 30, 1916, additions and modifications to order issued on December 15, 1916.
Box 1 FF 5 Contains Operation Summaries for British First Army, one per day beginning July 29, 1917 and ending August 15, 1917.
Box 1 FF 6 Contains four maps, situational, for first two weeks of April 1918.
Box 1 FF 7 Contains Summaries of Official Communiques, numbers 320 to 338, dating from July 27, 1917 to August 14, 1917, one per day.
Box 1 FF 8 Contains 15th Corps General Staff's instructions to subordinate divisions, revision dated March 31, 1918. Covering a variety of topics related to intelligence gathering, 11 pages, two copies.
Box 1 FF 9 Contains Royal Flying Corps Communique, number 96, July 14 - July 20, 1917, reports of operations.
Box 1 FF 10 Contains British First Army intelligence summaries, numbers 930 to 944 (some with supplements) one per day from July 31, 1917 to August 14, 1917, briefs of intelligence gathered from various sources.
Box 1 FF 11 Contains "Daily Review of the Foreign Press," published by British High Command, issues dated January 1, January 4-5, and January 7-10, 1918. Synopses and summaries of war-related articles found in non-English newspapers.
Box 1 FF 12 Contains British Second Army - "Instructions for Intelligence Duties," September 20, 1916, 39 pages text plus 21 pages in eight appendices, basic outlines for intelligence gathering methods and responsibilities and six grid map indexes for British Second Army Areas of Operation.
Box 1 FF 13 Contains 30th Infantry Division report of operations with a breakdown of casualty figures for July 1-5, 1916. Copy signed by commanding general dated July 17, 1916.
Box 1 FF 14 Contains 30th Infantry Division report of operations with a breakdown of casualty figures and selected operation orders for July 7-13, 1916. Unsigned copy dated July 16, 1916.
Box 1 FF 15 Contains 21st Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division, report of operations for July 23, 1916. Includes casualty reports and breakdown. Unsigned original dated July 28, 1916, 11 pages; 30th Infantry Division, Operational Order Number 26, unsigned original dated July 21, 1916, three pages; 30th Infantry Division, addenda and amendments to Operational Order Number 26. Unsigned original dated July 22, 1916, one page, and 30th Infantry Division, second amendment to Operational Order Number 26. Unsigned original dated July 22, 1916, one page.
Box 1 FF 16 Contains 30th Infantry Division report of operations from July 24-29, 1916. Unsigned and undated copy, ten printed pages on six sheets; 89th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division report of operations from the evening of July 29, 1916 to the morning of July 31, 1916, unsigned copy dated August 6, 1916, nine pages on five sheets; 90th Infantry Brigade, 30th Infantry Division report of operations for July 30, 1916, attached report on carrying work done by 23rd Manchester Regiment, 90th Infantry Brigade, July 29-31, 1916. Unsigned copy dated August 1, 1916, nine pages on five sheets; 35th Divisional Artillery, attached to 30th Division Operations Report July 21-30, 1916, unsigned copy dated August 2, 1916; 30th Infantry Division, report of operations of Royal Engineers and other technical units July 29 and 30, 1916, unsigned copy dated August 1, 1916; 30th Infantry Division, Operation Order 28, dated July 28, 1916. Amendments and Special Instructions attached, unsigned copies; 30th Infantry Division, report on supply , prisoners and stragglers dated July 30, 1916, unsigned copy, one page; 30th Infantry Division, notes on Medical Arrangement Operations, July 30, 1916, unsigned, undated copy, one page; and 30th Infantry Division, casualty lists, one for July 30, 1916 and one covering period from June 24, 1916 to July 31, 1916, four pages on two sheets, unsigned, undated copies.
Box 1 FF 17 Contains copies of communiques on British Army Message Forms 59th Infantry Division.
Box 1 FF 18 Contains 59th Infantry Division, further instructions for the capture of Mont S. Aubert and Mont de la Trinite. Signed copy dated November 3, 1918, two pages; 59th Infantry Division, Order Number 174, dated October 13, 1918, signed copy, one page, one page appendix to Order 174, dated October 15, 1918, also included; and 59th Infantry Division, Order Number 175, directions to continue to advance against enemy, dated October 17, 1918, signed copy, one page, distribution list on back.
Box 1 FF 19 Contains 59th Infantry Division, Operation Policy Number 4, regarding the relative positioning of troops and units within divisional boundaries, dated September 29, 1918, four pages, two pages of amendment and addendum. Also contains 59th Infantry Division, Operation Policy Number 6, reconnoitering patrols and detached posts, dated October 9, 1918, one page plus diagram.
Box 1 FF 20 Contains 59th Division, Defense Instructions, Number 4, Anti-Aircraft Defense, dated September 13, 1918, one page signed copy; 59th Division, Amendment to Defense Instructions Number 4, dated September 13, 1918, one page signed copy; 59th Division, Defense Instructions Number 8, outlines defense plan against enemy ground attack, dated October 10, 1918, one page, unsigned copy, one map original; Communique from Commanding General, 177th Infantry Brigade requesting clarification of a point in Defense Instruction Number 8 by 59th Division Headquarters. Signed original dated October 11, 1918; Reply to above communique, signed original dated October 13, 1918; and Amendment to 59th Division Defense Instruction Number 8, owing to withdrawal of certain troops. Signed copy dated October 13, 1918.
Box 1 FF 21 Contains 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division, Operation Instructions, June - July 1917. Assorted copies of orders, letters, communiques, reports, and other items relating to the third Battle of Ypres.
Box 1 FF 22 Contains 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division, second phase, third Battle of Ypres, Instructions and Orders, August 1917. Copies and originals of divisional orders, battle narratives, maps, reports, charts and statistics, and other related items are included.


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