Brave Battalion (48 page)

Read Brave Battalion Online

Authors: Mark Zuehlke

BOOK: Brave Battalion
13.53Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
31
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 213-14.
33
Twidale interview.
34
Milne Award Citation.
35
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 214-15.
36
Peck Fonds.
37
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 406.
38
Ibid, 216.
39
Nicholson, 258-65.
40
Winston Groom,
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918, Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front
(New York: Grove Press, 2002), 155-59.
Chapter Nine: It Isn't Worth a Drop of Blood—June 7, 1917-August 4, 1918
1
G. W. L. Nicholson,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
(Queen's Printer: Ottawa, 1964), 269-85.
2
Daniel G. Dancocks,
Legacy of Valour: The Canadians at Passchendaele
(Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1986), 95.
3
Nicholson, 286-87.
4
H. M. Urquhart,
The History of the 16
th
Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914- 1919
(Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada, 1932), 231.
5
Ibid, 233-34.
6
Ibid, 233.
7
Ibid, 232.
8
Ibid, 232-34.
9
Nicholson, 289-91.
10
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 233.
11
Ibid, 234-35.
12
Ibid, 406.
13
Dancocks,
Legacy of Valour
, 94.
14
Nicholson, 297.
15
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 406.
16
Daniel G. Dancocks,
Sir Arthur Currie
(Toronto: Methuen, 1985), 110.
17
Winston Groom,
A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918, Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front
(New York: Grove Press, 2002), 207-08.
18
Ibid, 213-17.
19
Dancocks,
Legacy of Valour
, 97-98.
20
Nicholson, 312.
21
Ibid, 314.
22
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 236.
23
Nicholson, 312.
24
Ibid, 318-27.
25
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 236.
26
Nicholson, 333.
27
Ibid, 335-36.
28
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 243.
29
Ibid, 238-40.
30
Ibid, 248-50.
31
Nicholson, 382.
32
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 262.
Chapter Ten: Decision at Amiens—August 8-20, 1918
1
G. W. L. Nicholson,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
(Queen's Printer: Ottawa, 1964), 372-78.
2
Daniel G. Dancocks,
Spearhead to Victory: Canada and the Great War
(Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1987), 2.
3
Nicholson, 386.
4
Ibid, 388-90.
5
Ibid, 395-97.
6
H. M. Urquhart,
The History of the 16
th
Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914- 1919
(Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada, 1932), 269-70.
7
Ibid, 267.
8
16
th
Battalion War Diary, August 1918, Appendix: Lt.-Col. Cyrus Peck Account, “Narrative of Action in Front of Amiens, August 8, 1918,” Library and Archives Canada, 1.
9
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 398.
10
Ibid, 398-99.
11
J. L. Granatstein,
Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War, 1914- 1918
(Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2004), 160.
12
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion,
270.
13
Ibid, 268.
14
Cyrus Wesley Peck Fonds, MG30-E134, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
15
16
th
Battalion War Diary, Appendix, Account by Peck, 1.
16
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 271-72.
17
16
th
Battalion War Diary, Appendix, Account by Peck, 2.
18
Ibid, 1.
19
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 260-61.
20
Ibid, 273-78.
21
Peck Fonds, n.p.
22
Nicholson, 407.
23
Ibid, 407-08.
24
Lt.-Gen. Sir A. W. Currie,
Canadian Corps Operations During the Year 1918
(Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 1919), 38.
25
Nicholson, 408.
26
James McWilliams and R. James Steel,
Amiens: Dawn of Victory
(Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001), 187-88.
27
Nicholson, 410.
28
J. D. Craig,
The 1st Canadian Division in the Battles of 1918
(London: Barrs & Co., 1919), 14-15.
29
Nicholson, 413.
30
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 279.
31
Ibid, 279-80.
32
Nicholson, 414-15.
33
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 280.
34
Currie, 40.
35
Nicholson, 419.
36
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 280-84.
37
Currie, 41.
38
Nicholson, 425.
Chapter Eleven: The Finest Performance: August 20- September 3, 1918
1
G. W. L. Nicholson,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
(Queen's Printer: Ottawa, 1964), 426.
2
Ibid, 426-27.
3
H. M. Urquhart,
The History of the 16
th
Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914- 1919
(Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada, 1932), 285.
4
Nicholson, 426-27.
5
Lt.-Gen. Sir A. W. Currie,
Canadian Corps Operations During the Year 1918
(Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 1919), 44.
6
Nicholson, 426.
7
Currie, 53.
8
Ibid, 45-46.
9
Nicholson, 427-32.
10
Currie, 47-52.
11
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 288.
12
Ibid, 290-91.
13
3
rd
Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, September 1918, Appendix 3a, Library and Archives Canada, 5-7.
14
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 289.
15
Ibid, 290.
16
J. D. Craig,
The 1st Canadian Division in the Battles of 1918
(London: Barrs & Co., 1919), 27.
17
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 292-93.
18
16
th
Battalion War Diary, September 1918, Appendix: “Narrative of Second Battle of Arras, 2nd September, 1918,” Library and Archives Canada, 1-3.
19
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 293-94.
20
Ibid, 294.
21
16
th
Battalion War Diary, September 1918, Appendix: “Narrative of Second Battle of Arras,” 1.
22
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 295-96.
23
Ibid, 296-97.
24
Ibid, 297-300.
25
16
th
Battalion War Diary, September 1918, “Narrative of Second Battle of Arras,” 3.
26
Nicholson, 440.
27
Currie, 54-55.
28
Nicholson, 442-44.
29
Ibid, 445.
30
Currie, 60-61.
31
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 303.
32
Cyrus Wesley Peck Fonds, MG30-E134, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
33
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 314.
34
Ibid, 303-05.
35
Ibid, 305-11.
36
Currie, 62-63.
37
16
th
Battalion War Diary, October 1918, Appendix: “Narrative of Action at Cuvillers, October 1st 1918,” Library and Archives Canada, 1-2.
38
14
th
Battalion War Diary, October 1918, Appendix No. 1, 1-3.
39
Desmond Morton and J. L. Granatstein,
Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War, 1914-1918
(Toronto: Lester and Orpen Dennys, 1989), 228.
Chapter Twelve: Drive to Victory: October 2-November 11, 1918
1
Desmond Morton and J. L. Granatstein,
Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War, 1914-1918
(Toronto: Lester and Orpen Dennys, 1989), 228.
2
G. W. L. Nicholson,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
(Queen's Printer: Ottawa, 1964), 461.
3
H. M. Urquhart,
The History of the 16
th
Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914- 1919
(Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada, 1932), 344-46.
4
Ibid, 492.
5
Ibid, 689.
6
Ibid, 723.
7
Ibid, 330.
8
Cyrus Wesley Peck Fonds, MG30-E134, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
9
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 336.
10
Nicholson, 467.
11
16
th
Battalion War Diary, October 1918, Appendix: “Narrative of Actions of 11
th
and 12
th
October 1918,” Library and Archives Canada, 1.
12
Ibid.
13
Nicholson, 467.
14
16
th
Battalion
, October 1918, Appendix: “Narrative of Action of 11
th
and 12
th
October 1918,” 1-2.
15
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 317-18.
16
Lt.-Gen. Sir A. W. Currie,
Canadian Corps Operations During the Year 1918
(Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence, 1919), 72.
17
Ibid, 74.
18
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 318.
19
Peck fonds, n.p.
20
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 319-20.
21
Ibid, 321-22.
22
Currie, 75.
23
16
th
Battalion War Diary, October 1918, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
24
J. D. Craig,
The 1st Canadian Division in the Battles of 1918
(London: Barrs & Co., 1919), 50.
25
16
th
Battalion War Diary, November 1918, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
26
Nicholson, 524.
27
16
th
Battalion War Diary, November 1918, n.p.
28
Ibid.
29
Peck Fonds, n.p.
30
16
th
Battalion War Diary, November 1918, n.p.
31
Nicholson, 525.
32
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 325.
33
Nicholson, 526.
34
16
th
Battalion War Diary, November 1918, n.p.
35
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 326.
36
Ibid, 327.
37
Nicholson, 525-26.
38
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 328.
39
Nicholson, 528-29.
40
Urquhart,
16
th
Battalion
, 329-30.
41
Ibid, 330-31.
42
Ibid, 331.
Bibliography
This is not intended as a full bibliography of books consulted during research or of books published on Canada's participation in World War I. Only books cited in the Notes to the text are cited here. For simplification I have not listed the operational orders, reports, and war diaries cited, as these are housed and accessible at Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. The war diaries can be consulted on-line through a searchable database at:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/020152_e.html
. Where private fonds were consulted at Library and Archives Canada, full citations are provided in the bibliography.

Other books

Does it Hurt to Die by Anderson, Paul G
Betrothed by Wanda Wiltshire
A Fragile Peace by Paul Bannister
Assignment - Quayle Question by Edward S. Aarons
Riña de Gatos. Madrid 1936 by Eduardo Mendoza