The defeat of Austria as seen by the 7th Division; being a narrative of the fortunes of the 7th Division from the time it left the Asiago Plateau in August 1918 till the conclusion of the armistice with Austria on November 4, 1918With maps and sketches by ELuton and a prefby . er heart than their enemies, notbecause they were essentially superior human beings, which theywere not, but because they knew deep down in their hearts thatthey were defending the truth, whilst their enemies were ledblindfold in the quest of a lie. Of the 152 men in the Division who laid down their lives i
The defeat of Austria as seen by the 7th Division; being a narrative of the fortunes of the 7th Division from the time it left the Asiago Plateau in August 1918 till the conclusion of the armistice with Austria on November 4, 1918With maps and sketches by ELuton and a prefby . er heart than their enemies, notbecause they were essentially superior human beings, which theywere not, but because they knew deep down in their hearts thatthey were defending the truth, whilst their enemies were ledblindfold in the quest of a lie. Of the 152 men in the Division who laid down their lives in 100 THE DEFEAT OF AUSTRIA. this last fight, many were veterans of the Division, whose loss there-fore is all the more to be regretted ; 152 fine British soldiers mayform a small casualty list for a battle in this war, but it is not aprice lightly to be paid. Whatever measure of importance historymay assign to this campaign, we feel quite confident that thoselives were not given in vain. The whole battle dealt the knock-outblow to the second most formidable of our enemies, the repercussionof whose fall helped in no small measure to hurl from his pedestalof blood and iron the now staggering and demoralised Hun. There-fore, those who fell in the battle gave us both victory and i- = o cs ^ PQ E- APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. Casualty List or 7th Division between October 20 andNovember 3, 1918. Killed in Action, and Died of Wounds. 20th Dcvons. *Lieut. F. C. Puddicombe.*30473 Sergt. Buckingham, C.*33288 L/Cpl. Hore, W. ()*21819 Corpl. Watts, C. ()*31427 Pte. Griffin, E.*34039 Pte. Thurgoland, A.*31647 Pte. Gibson, H.*33486 Pte. Barnard, L. *291936 Pte. Jennings, T. *18549 Pte. Griffiths, H. *20352 Pte. Smyles, A. *34091 Pte. Shaw, P. *31616 Pte. Woodward, Pte. Richards, S. {)31708 Pte. Haresnape, W. {)18417 Corpl. McCardle, W. {) *22728 Pte. Greenhead, G.*23882 Pte. Mackereth, W.*35337 Pte. Jones, H.*24174 Pte. Timbrel], H.*11072 L/S
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