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Author Campbell, David, 1972- author.

Title It can't last forever : the 19th Battalion and the Canadian Corps in the First World War / David Campbell
Published Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Canadian unit, formation, and command histories
Canadian unit, formation, and command histories.
Contents Recruiting and mobilization, 1914-15 -- Training in England, May-September 1915 -- Life in the trenches, September 1915-March 1916 -- Trial by fire : St-Eloi, April 1916 -- "Trying the nerves": May-July 1916 -- A daylight coup and departing Belgium, 29 July-August 1916 -- Preparing for battle, 28 August-15 September 1916 -- Fighting at the Somme, 15 September-3 October 1916 -- A "most uneventful tour", October 1916-March 1917 -- "An Easter gift" : Vimy Ridge, 25 March-9 April 1917 -- A bloody setback, 10 April-1 July 1917 -- "The worst ever" : July-August 1917 and the Battle for Hill 70 -- "A dirty, dirty country" : September-November 1917 and the battle for Passchendaele -- Days of uncertainty, November 1917-March 1918 -- "It was pretty lively", 21 March-June 1918 -- Prelude to victory, July-7 August 1918 -- The Battle of Amiens and its aftermath, 8-18 August 1918 -- Arras, 19-31 August 1918 -- Cambrai and Iwuy, 1 September-13 October 1918 -- Long road to Mons, 14 October-11 November 1918 -- Going home, eventually : 12 November 1918-25 May 1919
Summary This book presents the first complete history of the 19th Battalion and its role in the Canadian Corps? operations in the First World War. Based on extensive archival research and featuring vivid personal accounts, it analyzes the unit's organization, internal dynamics, and evolution, from mobilization in 1914 to its return to Canada in 1919
Analysis 19th Battalion
Amiens
Battle of the Somme
C.E.F
Canadian Army
Canadian Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force
First World War
Hamilton
Mons
Passchendaele
Toronto
Vimy Ridge
Western Front
World War I
regimental histories
trench warfare
veterans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Battalion, 19th -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Canada
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Genre/Form Regimental histories.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781771122535
1771122536
9781771122542
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