The Welsh at Mametz Wood

The Somme, 1916

• Author(s): Jonathan Phillip Hicks,
• Publisher: Y Lolfa
• Pages: 381
• ISBN_10: 1784612383
  ISBN_13: 9781784612382
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I ,

Description:... This History of The Battle for Mametz Wood draws extensively on previously unpublished accounts and original photographs. The 38th (Welsh) Division began the attack on Mametz Wood on July 7, 1916 during World War I. After days of ferocious hand-to-hand fighting and terrible loss of life, it finally succeeded in capturing the largest wood on the Somme.