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<\/a><\/p>\n\u2018The publication of the IWM volume on 1918, complete with jacket cover depicting the 137 Brigade on the banks of the St Quentin canal , has firmly placed in the reading public\u2019s mind the 46th Division\u2019s breaking of the Hindenburg Line as the epitome of the revival of British Arms at the end of the war. It also provides a central plank in the revisionist arguments in favour of a \u201clearning curve\u201d. As Brian Bond has argued, the \u201clearning curve\u201d has become an orthodoxy for military historians whilst public perceptions remain fixed on the Somme. The breaking of the Hindenburg Line is important to revisionists because, unlike at Amiens, the key breakthrough was achieved by an ordinary English \u201ccounty\u201d division not one of the elite formations, such as the Canadian Corps, that had spearheaded the assault of 8 August.\u2019 #<\/em><\/p>\n We have an opportunity to recognise this important contribution by units local to the catchment area of our club; 137 Brigade North & South Staffs, 138 Brigade Lincs & Leics & 139th Brigade Sherwood Foresters.\u00a0 I am prepared both to sort out a Square Bashing scenario and to put together suitable memorial words, including a note on this local division at the Eleventh Hour.<\/p>\n As to timing, we have at least two choices: Responses, commitment & ideas please.<\/p>\n # [Simon Peaple, Mud, Blood & Determination: The History of the 46th (North Midland) Division in the Great War<\/em>. 2015 p146]<\/p>\n Ray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In response to Andy Dumelow’s initiative “Marking 11\/11\/11”, \u2018The publication of the IWM volume on 1918, complete with jacket cover depicting the 137 Brigade on the banks of the St Quentin canal , has firmly placed in the reading public\u2019s mind the 46th Division\u2019s breaking of the Hindenburg Line as the epitome of the … Continue reading Breaking the Hindenberg Line by the 46th (North Midland) Division September 1918<\/span>
\n1) To re-enact the SB scenario on club night Thu 27th September 2018.
\n2) To re-enact a larger \/longer scenario on Sat 10th November, subject to room availability.
\nEither way I propose that some of us at least attend the Stretton War Memorial; if on a Thursday perhaps just before the start of club night.<\/p>\n