Brave battalion: the remarkable saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian scottish) in the first world war

An Excerpt From Brave Battalion. The company was completely bunched in front of the wire. Some men threw bombs toward the German trench while others tried to beat down the wooden stakes supporting the wire with their rifle buts and then trample it into the mud. The German grenades generally fell short as they were throwing uphill, but their rifle fire was "deadly accurate." Casualties mounted. Unless something were to be done quickly, Mackie realized that No. 4 Company would be wiped out. Suddenly Richardson turned to the sergeant. "Will I gie them wund?" he asked calmly. "Aye mon, gie 'em wind, " Mackie barked back. Coolly, the young smooth-faced solder marched back and forth in front of the wire, playing the pipes while a storm of fire swirled past him on either side. "The effect was instantaneous," reads his Victoria Cross commendation. "Inspired by his splendid example, the company rushed the wire with such fury and determination that the obstacle was overcome and the positions captured." Mark Zuehlke has been hailed by Jack Granatstein as Canada's most popular military historian. Of his twenty books, nine have been works of military history. For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace won the Canadian Authors Association 2007 Lela Common Award for Canadian History. In 2006, Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches, June7-12, 1944 was awarded the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. Also a novelist, Zuehlke is known for the acclaimed Elias McCann mystery series, which chronicles the misadventures of a coroner in British Columbia's Tofino. Hands Like Clouds garnered a Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Best First Novel award in 2000, and Sweep Lotus was a finalist for the Arthur EllisBest Novel in 2004. Zuehlke lives in Victoria, BC. INDICE: List of Maps.Order of Battle for the Canadian Infantry. Order of Ranks in the Canadian Infantry. Acknowledgements. Prologue: Make Every Sacrifice-August 1914. 1. "Ready, Aye, Ready!" - August 1914 -February 1915. 2. Learning War-February-April 1915. 3. Baptism - April 22 -May 14 -June 1915. 4. Blownto Hell - May 14-June 13, 1915. 5. Trench Warfare Drudgery-June 1915-March 1916. 6. Return to the Salient - March 28-August 9, 1916. 7. Crisis in the Somme- August 9-October 11, 1916. 8. Vimy - October 12, 1916-May 4, 1917. 9. It Isn't Worth a drop of Blood! - June 7, 1917-August 4, 1918. 10. Decision at Amiens-August 8-20, 1918. 11. The Finest Performance - August 20-September 3, 1918. 12. Drive to Victory - October 2-November 11, 1918. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index of Units, Formations, and Corps. General Index. About the Author.

• ISBN: 978-0-4701-5416-8
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Desconocida
• Páginas: 289
• Fecha Publicación: 18/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés