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:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22The+U.S.+Air+Service+In+World+War+I%22%29&sort=titleSorter ''The U.S. Air Service In World War I''] in four volumes, edited by Maurer Maurer, The Office of Air Force History. 1978 Archive.org.
*[http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/index-eng.asp ''Official History of The Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914-1919''] Scroll to various volumes. Canadian Forces website.
:''Canada in Flanders: The Official Story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force''. [https://archive.org/details/canadainflanders0000beav/page/n1/mode/2up Volume I] 1916, [https://archive.org/details/canadainflanders02maxa/page/n5/mode/2up Volume II] 7th edition 1917. The Preface includes [https://archive.org/details/canadainflanders02maxa/page/n7/mode/2up errors in Volume I]. Volumes I and II by Sir Max Aitken MP who became Lord Beaverbrook; [https://archive.org/details/canadaflanders03charuoft/page/n5/mode/2up Volume III] by Major Charles G D Roberts 1918 Archive.org. The Preface includes [https://archive.org/details/canadaflanders03charuoft/page/n7/mode/2up errors] in Volume II. All Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/canadianforestry00birduoft ''The Canadian Forestry Corps; its inception, development and achievements''] by C.W. Bird and J.B. Davies HMSO London 1919 Archive.org. Includes a chapter "Operations in France", which includes a brief mention, [https://archive.org/stream/canadianforestry00birduoft#page/n79/mode/1up/search/Indian page 42], of the use of Indian labour. The final chapter from page 50 "An Imperial Link" is missing.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthaf00buchrich ''The History of the South African Forces in France''] by John Buchan 1920 Archive.org. Also see [[Western Front#Other histories (regimental, corps etc.) and general|next category]], under Royal Engineers for some details of South African Engineers units who served in France. See further below for more books by John Buchan.
*French Official Histories: [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/inventaires/ead_ir_consult.php?fam=11&ref=FRSHD_AFGG_ead ''Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre''] sga.defense.gouv.fr. French language. Eleven ''Tome''s, some with multiple volumes, mostly about the Western Front. With online maps (Cartes) and at times panoramic sketches (Croquis panoramiques).
:[http://www.bnf.fr/en/collections_and_services/digital_libraries_gallica/a.gallica_digital_library.html Gallica – The BnF Digital Library] contains many publications, mostly French language. Use specific search terms, or the Advanced Search for Sujet search terms such as Guerre mondiale ( 1914 -1918) -- Histoire des unités or Guerre mondiale ( 1914 -1918) -- Campagnes et batailles.
***[https://archive.org/details/battleofsommesec00buch ''The Battle of the Somme, Second Phase''] [1917] A more detailed account.
**[https://archive.org/details/longroadtovictor00buchuoft ''The Long Road to Victory''] edited by John Buchan 1920. Each chapter is a personal account. [https://archive.org/stream/longroadtovictor00buchuoft#page/n11/mode/2up Contents]
**[https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthaf00buchrich ''The History of See above for a further book, about the South African Forces in France''] by John Buchan 1920 Archive.org. Also see [[Western Front#Other histories (regimental, corps etc.) and general|next category]], under Royal Engineers for some details of South African Engineers units who served in France.
*Books by Philip Gibbs, mainly Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gibbs Philip Gibbs] Wikipedia. Along with four other men he was officially accredited as a war correspondent, his work appearing in the ''Daily Telegraph'' and ''Daily Chronicle''.
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027819691 The Soul of the War] 1916, first published 1915
