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Author : Alfred Brook Tucker
Publisher : London ; Toronto : Cassell. 1915.
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Canada
ISBN : WISC:89100114263
Author : Alfred Brook Tucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1330679156
Excerpt from The Battle Glory of Canada: Being the Story of the Canadians at the Front, Including the Battle of Ypres It has been said that it is a mistake to begin by an apology, but perhaps there are exceptions to the rule, and I think this little book needs a word or two of explanation. At this early period it is wellnigh impossible to put together a complete story of the gallant Canadians at the Front. I have done what I could with the means at my disposal in the shape of interviews with officers and men who have returned wounded or invalided from the Front, to weave together the tale of the Dominion troops in France. I have let officers and men tell their own story as far as possible. Naturally there are gaps in the account, and the criticism might with justice be made that some battalions are more fully mentioned than others. That must inevitably be the case from the nature of the materials at my disposal. But in spite of obvious defects, I hope this short account may help my readers to understand better what the "boys" from Canada have done, not only in "saving the situation" at Ypres, but in the trenches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Arthur Bishop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022350164
Author : Shane B. Schreiber
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 1551250969
Shock Army of the British Empire presents a critical analysis of Canadian Corps operations during the 100 Days of Victory during the First World War. The 100 Days campaign of 1918, from the attack at Amiens, 8 August to the triumphant return to Mons, 11 November, was a remarkable turnaround from the near defeat suffered by the British and Allied forces in the spring and summer at the hands of the German Kaiserschlacht. As part of the largest British Army ever assembled, the Canadian Corps under Lt Gen Sir Arthur Currie spearheaded the Allied advance to victory. Author Shane Schreiber describes how the Canadian Corps managed to turn a tactical victory into a continuous string of consecutive successes in a sustained campaign. The story of the 100 Days is one of ferocious fighting and loss amid the victory, accounting for nearly 20% of all Canadian casualties during the war. This study examines the operational, tactical and organizational innovations used by the Canadian Corps during the campaign and their far-reaching effects. It reveals critical lessons for both soldiers and scholars alike about the nature of the Great War and about future high-intensity conflicts in general.
Author : Donald E. Graves,Robert H. Caldwell
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1896941362
This is the second book in a series devoted to battles fought either to defend Canada or by Canadians overseas on behalf of their nation. Like "Fighting for Canada", it emphasises the tactical level of war, the "sharp end", and is treasured by readers of military history. The battles: Sillery, 1760. The French win the last battle at Quebec; Cut Knife Hill, 1885. The Cree nation under Chief Poundmaker, surprises a Canadian force; Paardeberg, 1900. Royal Canadian Regiment attacks across open ground swept by rifle fire -- bravery or stupidity?; Iwuy, 1918. Canadian cavalry and armour encounter a stubborn German rearguard near the village of Iwuy; Melfa Crossing, 1944. Canadians make a surprise crossing of the heavily-defended Melfa River, winning a VC.
Author : Frederick Arthur McKenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Canada
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088015326
ABE: NFine/--. 342pp. 12mo. Green publisher's cloth with black titles on cover and spine. Some edge wear. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Slight ripple to spine. Top edges soiled. Spine starting on upper part of pages 68-69. SIGNED BY AUTHOR in pencil on page 69: "Credit by permission/ F a McKenzie/ Page 69 to 86" with inclusive marks starting at #6 page 69 and ending on page 86. An account of Canadian soldiers during WWI. Bookseller Inventory # 000145.
Author : Donald E. Graves
Publisher : R. Brass Studio
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89073097115
One of the turning points in the War of 1812. In the fall of 1813 the largest army yet assembled by the United States invaded Canada, determined to capture Montreal. The courageous but ill-trained and badly led American forces were defeated by British, Canadian and native troops in two important encounters: the Battle of Chateuaguay and, above all, the Battle of Crysler's Farm, fought on a muddy field beside the St. Lawrence River.
Author : John R. Grodzinski
Publisher : R. Brass Studio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Battles
ISBN : 1896941168
It is a popular but untrue myth that Canada is a peaceable kingdom and Canadians are an unmilitary people. Canada was created through armed conflict, or the threat of such conflict, and throughout their history Canadians have proved themselves to be a more warlike people than some would like to believe.
Author : Brian Douglas Tennyson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810886797
Although the United States did not enter the First World War until April 1917, Canada enlisted the moment Great Britain engaged in the conflict in August 1914. The Canadian contribution was great, as more than 600,000 men and women served in the war effort--400,000 of them overseas--out of a population of 8 million. More than 150,000 were wounded and nearly 67,000 gave their lives. The war was a pivotal turning point in the history of the modern world, and its mindless slaughter shattered a generation and destroyed seemingly secure values. The literature that the First World War generated, and continues to generate so many years later, is enormous and addresses a multitude of cultural and social matters in the history of Canada and the war itself. Although many scholars have brilliantly analyzed the literature of the war, little has been done to catalog the writings of ordinary participants: men and women who served in the war and wrote about it but are not included among well-known poets, novelists, and memoirists. Indeed, we don't even know how many titles these people published, nor do we know how many more titles were added later by relatives who considered the recollections or collected letters worthy of publication. Brian Douglas Tennyson's The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs is the first attempt to identify all of the published accounts of First World War experiences by Canadian veterans.
Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1852855533
Ugly, gangling, and tormented by agonising illness, Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. Yet in 1759, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, he won a battle with momentous consequences. Wolfe's victory, bought at the cost of his life, ensured that English, not French, would become the dominant language in North America. Ironically, by crippling French ambitions on that continent, Wolfe paved the way for American independence from Britain. Just thirty-two years old when he was killed in action, Wolfe had served in the British army since his mid-teens, fighting against the French in Flanders and Germany, and the Jacobites in Scotland. Already renowned for bold leadership, Wolfe's death at the very moment of his victory at Quebec cemented his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. Epic paintings of Wolfe's dying moments transformed him into an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice, and a role model for Horatio Nelson. Once venerated as the very embodiment of military genius and soldierly modesty, Wolfe's reputation has recently undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who instead see him as a bloodthirsty and priggish young man, a general who owned his name and fame to one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory. But was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated death? In Paths of Glory, the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century, Stephen Brumwell seeks to answer that question, drawing upon extensive research to offer a reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic life unquestionably altered the course of world history.
Author : Mark Zuehlke
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926685816
Like an armor-toothed belt across Italy’s upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army’s major offensive, intended to rip through it. The 1st Infantry and 5th Armored Divisions advanced into a killing ground covered by thousands of machine-gun, antitank gun positions, and pillboxes expertly sited behind minefields and dense thickets of barbed wire. Never had the Germans in Italy brought so much artillery to bear or deployed such a great number of tanks. For 28 days, the battle raged as the Allied troops slugged an ever deeper hole into the German defences. The Metauro River, the Foglia River, Point 204, Tomba Di Pesaro, Coriano Ridge, San Martino, and San Fortunato became place names seared into the memories of those who fought there. They fought in a dust-choked land under a searing sun which by battle's end was reduced to a guagmire by rain. But they prevailed and on September 22 won the ground overlooking the Po River Valley, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance.
Author : Gillian Chan
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443100069
The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy. It's 1812. War has begun, and thirteen-year-old Alexander (Sandy) MacKay is jealous when his older brother Angus goes off with their father to fight the Americans attacking the Niagara region. Too young to know the darker side of battle, he resents being left to shoulder the work on his family's farm. Itching to get in on the action, he sneaks away from home and heads to Lundy's Lane to join up with the local militia. But battle is imminent, and now there's not much his father can do except try to shield him from the worst of the fighting. Sandy's idealized notions of what battle will be like are shattered when the man standing before him is killed by a musket ball and Sandy's own brother is severely wounded. At the battle of Lundy's Lane, the united Canadian/British forces turn the tide against the American troops, but Sandy comes to know how chilling war can be. Just in time for the bicentennial of the War of 1812, A Call to Battle is a sobering look at the realities of war. Author Gillian Chan skillfully depicts the transformation of an impetuous young boy, full of boyish enthusiasm, into a more realistic young man who emerges on the other side of war.
Author : Donald E. Graves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06
Category : Lundy's Lane, Battle of, Ont., 1814
ISBN : 1896941729
The Bicentennial Edition of this classic of musket-period military history. Donald E. Graves tells the story of the desperate battle that raged on a summer night in 1814 at Lundy's Lane within sight of Niagara Falls. It was the bloodiest of the War of 1812 in the northern theatre. Who won is still a matter of dispute.
Author : Geoffrey Hayes,Andrew Iarocci,Mike Bechthold
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554586974
On the morning of April 9, 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial on the battlefield. Although the event is considered central in Canadian military history, most people know very little about what happened during that memorable Easter in northern France. Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment draws on the work of a new generation of scholars who explore the battle from three perspectives. The first assesses the Canadian Corps within the wider context of the Western Front in 1917. The second explores Canadian leadership, training, and preparations and details the story of each of the four Canadian divisions. The final section concentrates on the commemoration of Vimy Ridge, both for contemporaries and later generations of Canadians. This long-overdue collection, based on original research, replaces mythology with new perspectives, new details, and a new understanding of the men who fought and died for the remarkable achievement that was the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Co-published with the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Author : John Boyko
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307361462
Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself. In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures of the Civil War. Many readers will be shocked by Canada's deep connection to the war—Canadians fought in every major battle, supplied arms to the South, and many key Confederate meetings took place on Canadian soil. Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts from previously unaccessed primary sources, Boyko's fascinating new interpretation of the war will appeal to all readers of history.