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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