The Book of the Bantams
Author : H. Hudson Stoddard
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Bantam chickens
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Author : H. Hudson Stoddard
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Bantam chickens
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Author : Stephen McGreal
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1844155242
Raised in Birkenhead in 1914 the Bantams were unique as the average height of the volunteers was a mere five foot! Previously denied the opportunity to serve, these men seized this chance to join up. As a result the battalions comprised working class men from all over Britain - Welsh miners, sturdy London dockers, Lancashire mill workers and Merseyside laborers. As part of 35th (Bantam) Division, the Bantams fought on the Somme. The Bantams' casualties were so severe that by early 1917 the Division effectively ceased to exist. Thereafter reinforcements came from the General Pool. They suffered heavily again at Houlthust Forest. The 35th Division played a key part in stopping the German 1918 offensive. Some 900 members of these Battalions lost their lives in The Great War.
Author : Joseph Shakespeare
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Page : 262 pages
File Size : 32,92 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Bantam chickens
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Author : Caroline Scott
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1473884470
In May 1916 Major Eustace Lockhart Maxwell, a former Indian cavalry officer, was given command of an infantry battalion in France. After 48 hours with his new unit, Maxwell wrote to his family: The outstanding characteristic of those who belong to it seems to be their extraordinary self-complacency! Esprit de corps is a fine thing, but the satisfaction with which they regard themselves, their battalion, its internal economy, its gallantry, its discipline, its everything else, is almost indecent! If at the end of a month my opinion of them is half as good as their own, I shall think myself uncommonly lucky. This was the 23rd Manchester Bantam Battalion, a unit entirely composed of men of a height between 5ft and 5ft 3, and its esprit de corps was about to be severely tested. The Bantams left colorful, characterful, moving and often amusing records of their experiences. Using a wealth of previously unpublished sources, this book follows the Manchester men through their training, their experiences of the Somme and the Third Ypres Campaign, to Houthulst Forest where, in October 1917, the Battalion was practically annihilated.
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Poultry
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Page : 574 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 1900
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Author : Helga Fritzsche
Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Bantam chickens
ISBN : 9780812036879
Tells how to select, house, feed, and care for bantams, describes different varieties, and discusses breeding, nutrition, and common ailments.
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Page : 638 pages
File Size : 16,86 MB
Release : 1889
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Author : Joseph Cook
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Page : 634 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Social problems
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Page : 650 pages
File Size : 13,11 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Church and the world
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