To Do the Work of Men: An Operational History of the 21st Division in the Great War

The hard-pressed 21st Division survived – barely – and recovered to play its part in the Hundred Days victories. It was involved in a dozen or so attacks through the summer and autumn, recapturing much of the ground ceded during the March retreat before extending its advance across the Selle and Sambre rivers. The division fought its last engagement four days before the armistice when they captured the village of Limont–Fontaine. The 21st Division had a busy and cost