We are delighted to announce the publication of Stand To! No.131

24 August 2023

Stand To 131

Contents

Page

Editor’s Introduction

2

AIF Machine Gun Tactics – Bullecourt 1917 by Greg O’Reilly

2–9

The Camera Returns (112) by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall

10–11

Success and Failure XIII Corps and VIII Corps 1 July 1916: An artillery perspective by Richard Smith 

12-19 

A Coalition of Dissenting Voices:  The significance of dissent and opposition on the home front during the First World War by Christopher Price 

20-25

Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett: America’s best senior commander of the Great War by David Zabecki 

26-31 

Budding Bairnsfather, Blighty Magazine and Cheery Tommy Atkins by Chris Smith

32-36 

Sharing the Burden: Arguments relating to the taking over of more frontline by the British from the French. Some examples from the early stages of the war by James Benn 

37-42

The Winning and Losing of the Great War at Sea and the Feeding of Nations by Thomas Scotland 

43-48 

‘I will always cherish the kindly thoughts’ Salford’s Civic Reception for Ex–Servicemen in 1920 by Steven Illingworth

49-51

Garrison Library 

52-56

Latest news

Cavell Van Restored (1)
3 August 2026

The Cavell Van - to be featured on a forthcoming TV programme

Read more
34 37 2003 Basra 5
2 August 2026

Destruction of Basra War Cemetery Revealed in FOI Disclosures

Read more
A4F0DC5D 3B37 4AFF A0A2 EDFDD528F5BE Edit
27 July 2026

Malcolm Doolin Award for Local History Research 2025-2026: the results are in!

Read more
Dodgson 2026
20 July 2026

The Dodgson Memorial at Contalmaison: missing, found and now repositioned and rededicated

Read more
Fryatt
19 July 2026

Fryatt exhibition comes to Ypres for 110th anniversary

Read more
Iln Crop
16 July 2026

Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army

Read more