 Название: A Family of Brothers: Soldiers of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion in the Great War
Автор: Brent Wilson
Издательство: Goose Lane Editions
ISBN: 0864929234
Год: 2018
Страниц: 296
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 10.1 MB
They fought at Ypres in the fall of 1915, on the Somme at Courcelette and Regina Trench in 1916, they carried on to Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, and Passchendaele in 1917, and they were part of the battles at Amiens and the Hundred Days campaign of 1918. The 26th New Brunswick Battalion was the only infantry unit from the province to serve on the Western Front from 1915 until the Armistice. More than 5,700 soldiers passed through the battalion during the war, of whom more than 900 were killed and nearly 3,000 were wounded.
A Family of Brothers tells the story of the 'Fighting 26th' from their mobilization to the aftermath of the war. Using a wide range of sources, including letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, war diaries, and other official documents, this compelling history recounts the stories of the soldiers at the front and behind the lines and how their wartime service affected them during the war and after they returned.
A Family of Brothers is volume 24 of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter One
Raising the Battalion and Going Overseas
Chapter Two
War in the Trenches, September 1915-August 1916
Chapter Three
Life at the Front
Chapter Four
Into Battle: The Somme and Vimy Ridge
Chapter Five
The Struggle Continues: Hill 70 and Passchendaele
Chapter Six
Goings and Comings: Casualties, Transfers, Punishment, and Reinforcements
Chapter Seven
1918: Year of Victory
Chapter Eight
Returning Home
Appendix
Courcelette
Acknowledgements
Selected Bibliography
Index
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