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647:, that British armour would provide any necessary assistance. This proved to be a mistake; although the brigades manage to seize the ridge, they were unable to hold it in the face of stronger than expected counterattacks, and the expected armour support never fully eventuated. Afterwards, while Inglis was critical of the conduct of the brigades and laid primary blame for the failure on them and the lack of armour, he overlooked the influence of his own role as divisional commander on the outcome of the battle. An attack mounted a few days later by 6th Brigade was a further failure and highlighted Inglis' failings as a divisional commander by not ensuring adequate support from his corps commander.
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1178:. Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press.
1133:. Christchurch, New Zealand: Privately published.
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1203:. Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch.
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842:(Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 45.
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709:Philippe, Nathalie (2023).
578:Distinguished Service Order
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611:Howard Kippenberger
394:University of Otago
376:Inglis was born in
170:Canterbury Regiment
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1074:"No. 38311"
991:"No. 35908"
971:"No. 35465"
853:Murphy 1961
834:"No. 29886"
799:15 February
744:"No. 35519"
634:Jim Burrows
600:Eighth Army
432:during the
319:World War I
102:New Zealand
64:16 May 1894
1243:Categories
1103:References
958:Filer 2010
946:Filer 2010
671:Later life
645:XIII Corps
571:Operation
372:Early life
259:Magistrate
99:Allegiance
60:1894-05-16
1151:To Greece
895:16 August
594:attacked
494:brigadier
416:with the
396:in 1913.
249:War Cross
124:1939–1950
122:1915–1936
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685:Hamilton
573:Crusader
532:Creforce
523:Creforce
251:(Greece)
149:Commands
107:Service/
88:Hamilton
1209:8000753
1164:4373298
697:Waiouru
691:in the
580:(DSO).
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378:Mosgiel
348:during
317:during
311:Mosgiel
92:Waikato
67:Mosgiel
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596:Gazala
591:Afrika
567:Tobruk
538:, the
461:Timaru
390:Oamaru
338:Timaru
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221:Awards
109:branch
730:Notes
655:Italy
585:Syria
500:Crete
382:Otago
358:Crete
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71:Otago
1225:ISBN
1205:OCLC
1180:ISBN
1160:OCLC
1135:ISBN
1116:ISBN
897:2013
801:2014
715:ISBN
144:9495
129:Rank
78:Died
54:Born
695:at
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