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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA to its former self by the rain of shells it had received in termittently through the winter, and without respite dur ing the past ten days, seemed nothing but a vast expanse of small lakes formed by the linked-up shell-craters. Prog ress across this ground under the most favourable condi tions would have demanded great exertion. As the hands of the officers carefully-synchronized watches came to the stroke of half past five on that fate ful morning, the western sky seemed to leap into a gi gantic flicker of sheet lightning, as the immense concen tration of guns began their final smashing of the doomed German positions. Simultaneously with the opening of the barrage the two mines under the Boche right front were ex ploded, and the 72nd moved forward to the attack, as promptly and with angry violence, in answer to frantic S. 0. S. rockets, the German protective barrage came down on No Man s Land and on the trenches which the Bat talion had just left, being particularly heavy in the vi cinity of Montreal Crater, which was the left centre of the Battalion s front. There was also intense machine gun fire, particularly from a small hillock of the Ridge to the left of the Battalion which bore the name of the Pimple. The Battalion quickly overran the enemy front line, hounding the Boche from the remains of his shattered dugouts and from the easterly lips of the group of mine craters. Stren uous resistance was encountered from the triangle of trenches formed by Clutch and Cluck trenches, and great difficulty was experienced in keeping direction in the blinding sleet and over the maze of water-filled shell-holes. Some of these were 20 feet or 30 feet across and six or seven feet deep. The battle in which the Battalion was now bearing its part, facing the long and sinister slope of Vimy Ridge was a very comprehensive and tremendous assault in which there were roughly 120,000 men in the storming line with 40,000 advancing behind them. But it will be 48
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COPYRIGHT CANADA BY BERNARD McEVOY
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HISTORY OF THE 72nd CANADIAN INFANT
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I CONSIDER it FOREWORD a great hono
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PREFACE nnHIS VOLUME is an attempt
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I. FORMATION OF TH
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CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII. THE SUMMER O
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CONTENTS CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST FIGH
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page 6
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INTRODUCTION npHERE is much that is
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LIEUT. -COL. G. H. KIRKPATRICK, D.S
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INTRODUCTION of the Fifth was mobil
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INTRODUCTION wrapped over both shou
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MAJ.-OEN. R. G. EDWARDS LECKIE, C.M
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA intr
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KK. 1 BATTALION, SK.\K< K TI
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA inti
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CHAPTER II. EARLY EVENTS. Officers
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) BATTALION >KAK >KTH
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA Stua
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72XD BATTU.H N 81 M HCTH 11 Mi H I.
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA ing
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CHAPTER IH. THE WAR STARTS. Proclam
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA Exhi
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THE WAR STARTS. the 72nd in that di
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CHAPTER X. WATCHFUL WAITING. The mo
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FOSSE ST. LOUIS, LENS THE SWANS OP
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WATCHFUL WAITING. railwaymen trying
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WATCHFUL WAITING. tion, being vigor
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CHAPTER XI. GERMANY S INNINGS. Grea
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA was
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SEAFOETH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA marc
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA but
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GERMANY S INNINGS. secured by all t
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had to GERMANY S INNINGS. be taken
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GERMANY S INNINGS. it rested one da
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AMIENS. Domart, and when the 3rd Ca
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AMIENS. ed on. the last of the long
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AMIENS. ing of August 8th, it shone
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AMIENS. foe" whom they had so
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AMIENS. the usual assisting barrage
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AMIENS. blank Lewis gun fire. As th
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efore, not only did this officer ke
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CHAPTER XIII. IN THE HINDBNBURG LIN
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IN THE HINDENBURG LINE. hour. No. 1
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IN THE HINDENBURG LINE. "D&quo
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA Pher
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CHAPTER XIV. CAMBRAI. Review of the
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CAMBRAI. of Inchy, their front exte
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CAMBRAL patrick, D.S.O., and the Ba
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA Camb
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SEAFOETH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA the
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA gun
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CAMBRAL tioned, the flanks were in
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CAMBRAI. hold. His defeat had been
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" CHAPTER XV. A BEATEN FOE. In
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Thus it ing divisions, A BEATEN FOE
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CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST FIGHT. Prepar
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SEAFOETH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA the
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CHAPTER XVII. AFTER THE ARMISTICE.
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AFTER THE ARMISTICE. at Anzin, was
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA At a
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA Duri
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AFTER THE ARMISTICE. (Rev.) Wilkin,
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72ND MARCHING PAST CORPS COMMANDER
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA this
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AFTER THE ARMISTICE. It was a proud
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA chan
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HOME. the station with a sea of kil
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA May,
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA June
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SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA Nove
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ACTION I I <J i" d&
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DATE ACTION STINCT REGIMENTAL I &qu
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t i I i <J Despatches George
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ABBREVIATIONS Ace Attd Bn B.D C Acc
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NOMINAL ROLL OFFICERS. Name and Ran
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" NOMINAL BOLL Name and Rank.
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NOMINAL ROLL Name and Rank. 827051
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NOMINAL ROLL OTHER RANKS. 239
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NOMINAL ROLL OTHER RANKS. Name and
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NOMINAL ROLL OTHER RANKS, Name and
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NOMINAL BOLL OTHER RANKS. Name and
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F . NOMINAL ROLL OTHER RANKS, Name
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NOMINAL ROLL OTHER RANKS. -17, W. 3
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NOMINAL ROLL Name and Bank. 2021211
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NOMINAL ROLL Service in France. 687
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OTHER BANKS OF 72ND BATTALION WHO P
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NOMINAL ROLL REINFORCEMENTS TO 16TH
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THE WAR SERVICES OF THE 72ND REGIME
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