The Anatomy of a Raid

By Ted Smith and Tom Spagnoly

A seemingly unnecessary raid made by men of the 10th Battalion A.I.F. on Celtic Wood, Broodseinde on the 9th October 1917 resulted in the unrecorded deaths of 37 of the raiding party. The mystery of how they died has never been solved. The conclusion reached in this book prompts thoughts as to why the military authorities never conducted an investigation at the time, and why the raid was planned in the first place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Release date: Feb 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781473811850

Ted Smith

Ted Smith is a senior human resource and organisational development consultant, currently working as MD at UKHR.com Ltd. Ted has a degree in science, a diploma in HRM, and has held positions at Glaxo, Nielsen, Vernalis, the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust. He's worked in Europe, USA, Africa and Asia at executive and board level, and is currently chair of the Ideas Foundation (a charity). Ted is the author of The Train Blog: Odd and Weird People-Watching (2020), and has published several children's stories for charity, including The Exploding Turnips, Arthur Ramsbottom and the Dinkle Donkle, and the Willie the Hippo series.