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Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)

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Historical books online
**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle16lond_/motorcycle16lond#page/n313/mode/1up/ "With the Salonika Forces"] page 214 March 2nd 1916.
*[https://archive.org/details/storyofsalonicaa00pric ''The Story of the Salonica Army''] by G Ward Price, the official Correspondent of the Allied Forces in the Balkans 1918. [https://archive.org/details/storyofsalonicaa00priciala New York edition, published by Edward J Clode] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/insalonicawithou00lakerich ''In Salonica With Our Army''] by Harold Lake [1917]. Archive.org. Also published as [https://archive.org/details/campaigninginba01lakegoog ''Campaigning in the Balkans''] by Lieutenant Harold Lake, New York 1918. Archive.org. The author was with the British Army, an officer in what appears to be an infantry regiment. It is stated elsewhere he was with the Durham Light Infantry.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XoHCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 Page 26] ''The Other Wars: The Experience and Memory of the First World War in the Middle East and Macedonia'' by Justin Fantauzzo. Sample pages Google Books.</ref>
*Regimental histories and accounts
**[https://archive.org/details/insalonicawithou00lakerich ''In Salonica With Our Army''] by Harold Lake [1917]. Archive.org. Also published as [https://archive.org/details/campaigninginba01lakegoog ''Campaigning in the Balkans''] by Lieutenant Harold Lake, New York 1918. Archive.org. The author was with the British Army, an officer in what appears to be an infantry regiment. It is stated elsewhere he was with the Durham Light Infantry.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XoHCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 Page 26] ''The Other Wars: The Experience and Memory of the First World War in the Middle East and Macedonia'' by Justin Fantauzzo. Sample pages Google Books.</ref>**[https://archive.org/details/second-twentieth-london-reg/page/n9/mode/2up'' The Second Twentieth being the History of the 2/20th Bn., London Regiment''] by Captain W R Elliot [1920] Archive.org. The Battalion served on the [[Western Front]], at Salonika, in [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]]. The Battalion was part of the 60th Division, see second third following item.
**[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51387 ''The History of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles''] by several authors, including some named 1921. Gutenberg.org. Also known as 2/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles). The Battalion was part of the 179th Brigade , 60th Division in Salonika (from December 1916) and Palestine. [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/60th-division/ 60th (2nd/2nd London) Division] (longlongtrail.co.uk)
**[https://archive.org/details/romanceoflastcru00vivi/page/50/mode/2up "The Balkans"] Chapter III, page 50 ''The romance of the last crusade : with Allenby to Jerusalem'' by Major Vivian Gilbert 1924. Archive.org. Gilbert was with the 180th Machine Gun Company, 60th London Division.
**''History of the 60th Division (2/2nd London Division)'' by Colonel P H Dalbiac, 1927 includes [https://archive.org/details/60thdivision/page/63/mode/2up Chapter 6, "Under Orders for the Balkans"], page 63. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/n9 ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War''] by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/260 "Chapter XIV Salonika"] from page 261, in addition to the [[Western Front]], [[Gallipoli]], and [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]].
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