From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade

From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the by Frederic C. Curry 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the by Frederic C. Curry The Project Gutenberg EBook of From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the by Frederic C. Curry 2 1st Canadian brigade, by Frederic C. Curry This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade Author: Frederic C. Curry Release Date: June 5, 2009 [EBook #29045] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ST. LAWRENCE TO THE YSER *** Produced by Graeme Mackreth and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE TO THE YSER Frontispiece. [Illustration: LIEUTS. KLOTZ, STRATHY AND CURRY AT AMESBURY.] FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE TO THE YSER WITH THE 1st CANADIAN BRIGADE BY FREDERIC C. CURRY LATE CAPTAIN 2ND EASTERN ONTARIO REGIMENT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART, PUBLISHERS ... TORONTO. Printed in Great Britain. To LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR SAM HUGHES, K.C.B., M.P., MINISTER OF MILITIA, TO WHOSE EFFORTS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CANADIAN CONTINGENTS From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the by Frederic C. Curry 3 IS LARGELY DUE. PREFACE In presenting this little work to the public the writer wishes to thank those of his fellow-officers and others who brought to his notice incidents that did not come under his personal observation. Valuable assistance has been gained from the official accounts of Sir Max Aitken, and from the historical writings of Mr. John Buchan with regard to the parts played by other brigades and divisions with which we were co-operating. In spite of these attempts to broaden its outlook, the book stands in the main a personal account of the actions of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Infantry. As such, however, the writer hopes it will be accepted, and not as a detailed history of the events chronicled, though every attempt has been made to check the accuracy of the facts stated. One fictitious character has been introduced, that of Begbie Lyte, in order to make the tale impersonal. In all other cases the true names of persons mentioned, or initials, have been used. To Dr. Shipley, Master of Christ`s College, Cambridge, the writer owes much for his kindly criticisms and encouragement in this work. F.C. CURRY. October, 1916. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. ANTE-BELLUM 1 II. PETEWAWA 11 III. MOBILISATION 24 IV. VAL CARTIER 31 V. THE CONVOY 37 VI. IN ENGLAND 44 VII. INTERIM 49 VIII. YPRES, 1915 54 IX. WITH THE DRAFT 63 X. THE BREAKING IN 72 From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the by Frederic C. Curry 4 XI. RESERVE BILLETS 80 XII. BAILLEUL 88 XIII. THE TREK SOUTH 95 XIV. FESTUBERT, 1915 103 XV. CARPE DIEM 110 XVI. GIVENCHY, 1915 117 XVII. NORTHWARD AGAIN 126 XVIII. NIGHTS OF GLADNESS! 132 XIX. IN FRONT OF MESSINES 140 XX. MINE WARFARE 145 XXI. MYTHS, FAIRIES, ETC. 152 XXII. THE WINTER MONTHS 160 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIEUTS. KLOTZ, STRATHY AND CURRY AT AMESBURY Frontispiece Facing page SAILING DOWN THE ST. LAWRENCE, NEAR BIC 38 CHURCH PARADE 40 EASTERN ONTARIO REGIMENT, NEAR STONEHENGE 44 MANOEUVRES ON SALISBURY PLAIN 48 FIELD KITCHEN IN RESERVE BILLETS 82 AMATEUR THEATRICALS BACK OF THE LINE 100 THE DISTILLERY AT GIVENCHY 118 OUR SUPPORT TRENCHES AT GIVENCHY 120 AFTER GIVENCHY 122 ENTRANCE TO PLUGSTREET WOOD 130 OUR TRENCHES, PLUGSTREET WOOD 134 From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the by Frederic C. Curry 5 OUR TRENCHES AT PLUGSTREET 136 THE START OF THE SMOKE CLOUDS 142 THE CACTUS TREEN 157 AFTER A FEW SHELLS AND A WEEK`S RAIN 160 FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE TO THE YSER ... - tailieumienphi.vn