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Author Stewart, Timothy J., 1955- author.

Title Toronto's Fighting 75th in the Great War, 1915-1919 : a prehistory of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) / Timothy J. Stewart
Published Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016

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Contents Toronto and Mississauga Horsemen (1901 -- 1914) -- Canada prepares for war (July-September 1914) -- Samuel Beckett sets up the 75th (August 1914-July 1915) -- Shaping soldiers in Niagara and Toronto (August 1915-March 1916) -- Bramshott and the New, 4th Division (April-August 1916) -- St Eloi : getting bloodied (Mid-August-Mid-October 1916) -- The Somme : Regina and desire trenches (Mid-October-November 1916) -- Vimy : the battle in the snow (December 1916-April 1917) -- La Coulotte, Lens, and Passchendaele (May-December 1917) -- From Vimy to Arras (January-July 1918) -- Amiens : the 75th and Le Quesnel (August 1918) -- Smashing Hindenburg : Dury Ridge, Canal du Nord, Bourlon Wood, Cambrai (September 1918) -- The final push : Valenciennes (October-November 1918) -- The long goodbye (December 1918-8 June 1919) -- From 75th to Toronto Scottish (July 1919-September 1939)
Summary Travel with Toronto's 75th Battalion to Niagara, England and to the First World War zone in Belgium and France and witness how ordinary young men carried out extraordinary deeds through the terror and horror of the first global conflict. Foreword by His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Toronto Scottish Regiment
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Canada
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France, Northern
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Belgium.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Belgium
Canada
Northern France
Form Electronic book
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