Shoestring soldiers : the 1st Canadian Division at war, 1914-1915 / by Iarocci, Andrew, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Soldiering and Canadian soldiers : the state of the art at the outbreak of war -- Training for war : the Salisbury Plain camps -- Across the Channel : apprenticing for war -- Ypres : the salient and the armies -- 22 April 1915 : Green clouds -- 23 April 1915 : holding back the tide -- 24 April 1915 : the breaking point -- 25-26 April 1915 : the Canadian denouement -- On the offensive : the La Bassée front, May-June 1915 -- Trench warfare : the Ploegsteert-Messines front.…”
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The Great War as I saw it / by Scott, Frederick George, 1861-1944

Table of Contents: “…Gwynne -- Preface -- How I got into the War : July to September 1914 -- The Voyage to England : September 29 to October 18, 1914 -- On Salisbury Plain : October 18, 1914, to January 1, 1915 -- Off to France : January to March 1915 -- Before the storm : March and April 1915 -- The Second Battle of Ypres : April 22, 1915 -- Festubert and Givenchy : May and June 1915 -- A lull in operations : Ploegsteert : July to December 1915 -- Our first Christmas in France -- Spring 1916 -- The attack on Mount Sorrel : Summer 1916 -- The Battle of the Somme : Autumn 1916 -- Our home at Camblain l'Abbé : November and December 1916 -- My search is rewarded.…”
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Morrison : the long-lost memoir of Canada's artillery commander in the Great War / by Morrison, Edward, Sir

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Foreword -- A Word from the Colonel Commandant of the Canadian Artillery -- A Word from the Senior Serving Gunner of the Canadian Artillery -- Introduction -- Preface -- Chapter 1: A Fool There Was -- Chapter 2: Canadaâ#x80;#x99;s Armada -- Chapter 3: Some Unpleasant Things, Including the War Office and Salisbury Plain -- Chapter 4: Current Events -- Chapter 5: The Interesting Business of â#x80;#x9C;Taking Overâ#x80;#x9D; -- Chapter 6: St. …”
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