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*[https://archive.org/details/privatepapersofd0000haig ''The private papers of Douglas Haig, 1914-1919: being selections from the private diary and correspondence of Field-Marshal the Earl of Bemersyde''] edited by Robert Blake 1952 Archive.org. There was a subsequent selection of papers (with more emphasis on Haig’s military role), ''Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918'' edited by Gary Sheffield and John Bourne 2005, the latter book based on the manuscript version of the diaries (Blake’s used the typescript).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181220103221/http://thediaryjunction.blogspot.com/2018/01/haigs-unique-wwi-diaries.html Haig’s ‘unique’ WWI diaries] The Diary Review.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/visittosirdougla00marc/page/n3 ''A visit to Sir Douglas Haig''] by Isaac F Marcosson [American journalist and editor] 1917 Archive.org
:''Sir Douglas Haig's Command, December 19, 1915, to November 11, 1918'' by George A. B. Dewar, assisted by Lieut.-Col. J. H. Boraston 1922. [https://archive.org/details/sirdouglashaigsc01dewa/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sirdouglashaigsc02dewa/page/n7 Volume II] Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80523/page/n7 ''Twenty-five Years With Earl Haig''] by Sergt T Secrett 1929. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210467/page/n5 ''Field-Marshal Earl Haig''] by Brigadier General John Charteris 1929 (391 pages). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175974/page/n1 ''Haig''] by Brig.-Gen. J Charteris 1933 (144 pages) Archive.org. Also see another book by Charteris ''At G.H.Q'' further below in this section.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210537/page/n5 ''Haig''] by Duff Cooper first published 1935. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503321/page/n5 ''Haig: The Second Volume''] by Duff Cooper 1935 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/ordealofvictory00terr ''Ordeal of Victory''] by John Terraine 1963. Published in England under the title ''Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. John Terraine wrote additional books, see below in this section.
:[https://archive.org/details/haig00andr ''Haig : the Evolution of a Commander''] by Andrew A West 2005. Archive.org Lending Library
*''Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson'' by Major-General Sir C E Callwell 1927. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206957/page/n5 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209304/page/n5 Volume II]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Wilson,_1st_Baronet Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet] Wikipedia
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211288/page/n9 ''Plumer Of Messines''] by General Sir Charles Harington 1935 Archive.org. General Herbert Plumer, Commander of the Second Army. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Plumer,_1st_Viscount_Plumer Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer] Wikipedia.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.176573/page/n47 "The Great War"] page 41 ''Tim Harington Looks Back'' by General Sir Charles Harington 1941 reprint, first published 1940. [https://archive.org/details/TimHaringtonLooksBack/page/n1 2nd file, images slightly better] Both Archive.org. The author was Chief of Staff to General Herbert Plumer, Commander of the Second Army. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harington_Harington Charles Harington Harington] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38633/page/n7 ''The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: from his journals and letters]'' edited by Major-Genersl Sir Frederick Maurice 1928 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baron_Rawlinson Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson] Wikipedia. He commanded the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force at the battles of the Somme (1916) and Amiens (1918).
*Books by two out of 25 volunteer members of the RAC [Royal Automobile Club] Contingent, who volunteered with their own car, who were sent officially by the War Office to drive officers of the General Headquarters Staff at the front. As a result, they were in constant contact with very senior officers, and personally observed the course of events over a wide field. It seems they officially joined the Army, and were given officer status.
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42511?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Adventures on the Western Front, August, 1914-June, 1915''] by A Rawlinson 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The author, then aged 47, volunteered as a driver, who provided his own car, for service at the Front, as part of the RAC Contingent. For a book about later military related service by this author, see [[Norperforce]].
**[https://archive.org/details/frommonstoypresw0000cole/page/n5/mode/2up ''From Mons to Ypres with French : a personal narrative''] by Frederic Coleman. 1916 Archive.org. Published in London. Contains illustrations but missing at least first page of the Preface. USA title [https://archive.org/details/frommonstoypresw00cole ''From Mons to Ypres with General French: a Personal Narrative''] by Frederic Coleman. 1916 Archive.org. Edition without illustrations. He was a part of the RAC Contingent, who volunteered with his own car.
*:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208781 ''With Cavalry In 1915. The British Trooper in the Trench line : Through the second battle of Ypres''] by Frederic Coleman 1916. Archive.org. Also published with the title beginning ''With Cavalry in the Great War...''. He was attached, with his car, to the Head-quarters Staff of the 1st Cavalry Division. These two titles were later reprinted by Leonaur as ''A Twilight of Centaurs''
*:Frederic Coleman, an American resident in London, is elsewhere <ref>[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15398/lot/61/ Frederick Abernethy Coleman] bonhams.com</ref> described as the journalist and Motoring [figure], Frederick Abernethy Coleman, who popularized the White Steam car in England and was a prominent figure in English motoring. He appears to have spent time in China, at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, possibly as a journalist. He was also the author of
*:[https://archive.org/details/ourboysoverther00colegoog ''Our boys over there; to the young American in khaki - what he will find when he gets to France''] by Frederic Coleman 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmyatwar00foxf/page/n5 ''The British Army at War''] by Frank Fox RFA. 1917 Archive.org. A simplified overview which aimed to give “a general impression of the extent and variety of [the British] Army’s energies”, designed, (according to Wikipedia) to educate the American Public about the British war effort.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41362/page/n9 ''G.H.Q. (Montreuil-Sur-Mer)''] by “G.S.O”. [Sir Frank Fox] 1920 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Fox_(author) Frank Fox (author)]. He served as Staff Captain at the Quartermaster General's branch, General Headquarters, in France. He had previously been an officer in the Royal Field Artillery, and pre-war a journalist.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174265/page/n5/mode/2up ''At G.H.Q''] by Brigadier-General John Charteris 1931 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charteris John Charteris] (Wikipedia) was the Chief of Intelligence at the British Expeditionary Force General Headquarters from 1915 to 1918. Also see his books on Field-Marshal Haig, above.
→Historical books online: Re-order
:[http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990088393030203941/catalog ''Despatch from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ... covering the period from 8th December, 1917, to 30th April, 1918''] London : Printed under the authority of H.M.S.O. 1918. Harvard University Digital Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/sirdouglashaigsd00haig/page/n9 ''Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches (December 1915-April 1919)''] edited by Lieut.-Colonel J H Boraston (Private Secretary to Earl Haig) 1919. [https://archive.org/details/cihm_990328/page/n481 Microform edition] has a series of maps (in sections). Archive.org
*''Germany in Defeat. A Strategic History of the War'' by Count Charles de Souza. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055250/page/n5 ''First Phase''] 3rd edition 1916. Joint author Major Haldane MacFall; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055268/page/n5 ''Second Phase''] 1916; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055276/page/n6 ''Third Phase''] 1916; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055284/page/n3 ''Fourth Phase''] 1919. All Archive.org
*[http://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1647 ''Reputations, Ten Years After''] by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart 1928.Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours". An examination of 10 leading personalities of WWI, including Joffre, Foch, Petain, Lundendorff, Pershing, and others.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57906 ''Real War 1914-1918''] by B H Liddell Hart 1930 Archive.org. An enlarged edition was published as: ''A History of the World War, 1914-1918'', 1934. Reprinted as
:[https://archive.org/details/historyoffirstwo00lidd ''History of the First World War''] by B. H. Liddell Hart 1972 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._H._Liddell_Hart B. H. Liddell Hart] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.458869 ''A History of the Great War 1914-1918''] by CRMF Cruttwell 1934 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81643 2nd Edition, with additions and corrections, 1940/(1936)] [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.81643/2015.81643.A-History-Of-The-Great-War-1914-1918-Edition-Ii#page/n673/mode/2up Index] Archive.org.
:[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
*[https://archive.org/details/westernfront191400terr/page/n7 ''The Western Front, 1914-1918''] by John Terraine 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/towinwar191800terr ''To Win a War : 1918, the Year of Victory''] by John Terraine 1981. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
: See further above below for an additional book by John Terraine about Douglas Haig. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Terraine John Terraine] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/y00timo_0 ''The Killing Ground : the British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-1918''] by Timothy Travers 1987. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*Books by Lyn Macdonald. Opinions about this author differ, but generally her books are considered to provide a good introduction to WW1, and to concentrate on the personal experience of the soldier, but lack the broader picture of the war. <ref> Saunders, Jonathan. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/30507-lyn-macdonald/ Lyn MacDonald] ''Great War Forum'' 10 April 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2019.</ref>
:[https://archive.org/details/tommybritishsold0000holm ''Tommy : the British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914-1918''] by Richard Holmes 2005. All Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/victoriacrossher0000ashc/mode/2up/ ''Victoria Cross Heroes''] by Michael Ashcroft 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes WW1.
====Generals and Army Headquarters====*[https://archive.org/details/privatepapersofd0000haig ''The private papers of Douglas Haig, 1914-1919: being selections from the private diary and correspondence of Field-Marshal the Earl of Bemersyde''] edited by Robert Blake 1952 Archive.org. There was a subsequent selection of papers (with more emphasis on Haig’s military role), ''Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918'' edited by Gary Sheffield and John Bourne 2005, the latter book based on the manuscript version of the diaries (Blake’s used the typescript).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181220103221/http://thediaryjunction.blogspot.com/2018/01/haigs-unique-wwi-diaries.html Haig’s ‘unique’ WWI diaries] The Diary Review.</ref>*[https://archive.org/details/visittosirdougla00marc/page/n3 ''A visit to Sir Douglas Haig''] by Isaac F Marcosson [American journalist and editor] 1917 Archive.org:''Sir Douglas Haig's Command, December 19, 1915, to November 11, 1918'' by George A. B. Dewar, assisted by Lieut.-Col. J. H. Boraston 1922. [https://archive.org/details/sirdouglashaigsc01dewa/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sirdouglashaigsc02dewa/page/n7 Volume II] Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80523/page/n7 ''Twenty-five Years With Earl Haig''] by Sergt T Secrett 1929. Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210467/page/n5 ''Field-Marshal Earl Haig''] by Brigadier General John Charteris 1929 (391 pages). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175974/page/n1 ''Haig''] by Brig.-Gen. J Charteris 1933 (144 pages) Archive.org. Also see another book by Charteris ''At G.H.Q'' further below in this section.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210537/page/n5 ''Haig''] by Duff Cooper first published 1935. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503321/page/n5 ''Haig: The Second Volume''] by Duff Cooper 1935 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/ordealofvictory00terr ''Ordeal of Victory''] by John Terraine 1963. Published in England under the title ''Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. John Terraine wrote additional books, see below in this section.:[https://archive.org/details/haig00andr ''Haig : the Evolution of a Commander''] by Andrew A West 2005. Archive.org Lending Library*''Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson'' by Major-General Sir C E Callwell 1927. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206957/page/n5 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209304/page/n5 Volume II]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Wilson,_1st_Baronet Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet] Wikipedia*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211288/page/n9 ''Plumer Of Messines''] by General Sir Charles Harington 1935 Archive.org. General Herbert Plumer, Commander of the Second Army. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Plumer,_1st_Viscount_Plumer Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer] Wikipedia.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.176573/page/n47 "The Great War"] page 41 ''Tim Harington Looks Back'' by General Sir Charles Harington 1941 reprint, first published 1940. [https://archive.org/details/TimHaringtonLooksBack/page/n1 2nd file, images slightly better] Both Archive.org. The author was Chief of Staff to General Herbert Plumer, Commander of the Second Army. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harington_Harington Charles Harington Harington] Wikipedia. *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38633/page/n7 ''The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: from his journals and letters]'' edited by Major-Genersl Sir Frederick Maurice 1928 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baron_Rawlinson Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson] Wikipedia. He commanded the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force at the battles of the Somme (1916) and Amiens (1918).*Books by two out of 25 volunteer members of the RAC [Royal Automobile Club] Contingent, who volunteered with their own car, who were sent officially by the War Office to drive officers of the General Headquarters Staff at the front. As a result, they were in constant contact with very senior officers, and personally observed the course of events over a wide field. It seems they officially joined the Army, and were given officer status. **[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b42511?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Adventures on the Western Front, August, 1914-June, 1915''] by A Rawlinson 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. The author, then aged 47, volunteered as a driver, who provided his own car, for service at the Front, as part of the RAC Contingent. For a book about later military related service by this author, see [[Norperforce]].**[https://archive.org/details/frommonstoypresw0000cole/page/n5/mode/2up ''From Mons to Ypres with French : a personal narrative''] by Frederic Coleman. 1916 Archive.org. Published in London. Contains illustrations but missing at least first page of the Preface. USA title [https://archive.org/details/frommonstoypresw00cole ''From Mons to Ypres with General French: a Personal Narrative''] by Frederic Coleman. 1916 Archive.org. Edition without illustrations. He was a part of the RAC Contingent, who volunteered with his own car.*:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208781 ''With Cavalry In 1915. The British Trooper in the Trench line : Through the second battle of Ypres''] by Frederic Coleman 1916. Archive.org. Also published with the title beginning ''With Cavalry in the Great War...''. He was attached, with his car, to the Head-quarters Staff of the 1st Cavalry Division. These two titles were later reprinted by Leonaur as ''A Twilight of Centaurs''*:Frederic Coleman, an American resident in London, is elsewhere <ref>[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15398/lot/61/ Frederick Abernethy Coleman] bonhams.com</ref> described as the journalist and Motoring [figure], Frederick Abernethy Coleman, who popularized the White Steam car in England and was a prominent figure in English motoring. He appears to have spent time in China, at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, possibly as a journalist. He was also the author of *:[https://archive.org/details/ourboysoverther00colegoog ''Our boys over there; to the young American in khaki - what he will find when he gets to France''] by Frederic Coleman 1918 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmyatwar00foxf/page/n5 ''The British Army at War''] by Frank Fox RFA. 1917 Archive.org. A simplified overview which aimed to give “a general impression of the extent and variety of [the British] Army’s energies”, designed, (according to Wikipedia) to educate the American Public about the British war effort.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41362/page/n9 ''G.H.Q. (Montreuil-Sur-Mer)''] by “G.S.O”. [Sir Frank Fox] 1920 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Fox_(author) Frank Fox (author)]. He served as Staff Captain at the Quartermaster General's branch, General Headquarters, in France. He had previously been an officer in the Royal Field Artillery, and pre-war a journalist.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174265/page/n5/mode/2up ''At G.H.Q''] by Brigadier-General John Charteris 1931 Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charteris John Charteris] (Wikipedia) was the Chief of Intelligence at the British Expeditionary Force General Headquarters from 1915 to 1918. Also see his books on Field-Marshal Haig, above.*[http://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1647 ''Reputations, Ten Years After''] by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart 1928. Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours". An examination of 10 leading personalities of WWI, including Joffre, Foch, Petain, Lundendorff, Pershing, and others.
====Other histories (regimental, corps etc.) and general====
*[https://archive.org/details/indiancorpsinfra00ltco ''The Indian Corps in France''] by Lt-Colonel J.W.B. Merewether and Sir Frederick Smith, 1918 which appears to be a simple reprint of the first edition December 1917. Archive.org. A revised 1919 second edition is also available as three different files, originally from Digital Library of India: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173047 Archive.org mirror version 1] (catalogued as ''The Indian Corps In Rance''); [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54096 Archive.org 2]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201725 Archive.org 3]
