Onward, Dear Boys: A Family Memoir of the Great War 9780773596702

The compelling account of a Swiss Protestant family that immigrated to Montreal and sent their four sons to fight for th

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Onward, Dear Boys: A Family Memoir of the Great War
 9780773596702

Table of contents :
Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
CHAPTER ONE: Onward: 1908
CHAPTER TWO: Quebec: 1908 to 1914
CHAPTER THREE: 1914
CHAPTER FOUR: The Front: January to July 1915
CHAPTER FIVE: Training: August 1915 to January 1916
CHAPTER SIX: The Salient: February to May 1916
CHAPTER SEVEN: Sanctuary Wood: June to August 1916
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Somme: September to December 1916
CHAPTER NINE: Crossroad: January to March 1917
CHAPTER TEN: War Relief: 1915 to 1918
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Vimy: April to June 1917
CHAPTER TWELVE: Philippe: July to October 1917
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Passchendaele: October to December 1917
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Spring Offensive: January to July 1918
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Anti-Submarine: January to November 1918
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: 100 Days: August to November 1918
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Homeward: 1919
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Memorial
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Professional Challenge: 1920 to 1950
CHAPTER TWENTY: History
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Selected Bibliography
Index

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