Canada S Hundred Days With The Canadian Corps From Amiens To Mons Aug 8 Nov 11 1918

The Allied forces on the Western Front had taken a beating under the weight and new tactics of the German army masterminded by General Ludendorff in 1918. However in August the Allies were ready to fight back, and they did so with a vengeance; spearheaded by the Canadian and Australian corps and 500 tanks the allied forces hammered through the German lines. Ludendorff dubbed it as “the Black Day of the German Army”. This was the start of the Battle of Amiens and would be the prelude to advances undreamed of by the Allies in earlier years of the war. The Canadian Corps had long established a reputation as a crack formation within the Allied armies and set to their task of rolling up the German lines with a passion. For the next hundred days the allied forces would surge forward and finally force the German forces to final capitulation. As a noted Canadian Author John Livesay set out to record the achievements of his countrymen during the culminating campaign of the First World War. He recounts with élan and excellent detail; the dash and perseverance of the Canadians in forcing the Germans from one position to the next. Author —John Frederick Bligh Livesay 1875-1944. Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in Toronto, T. Allen, 1919. Original Page Count – x and 421 pages.

Excerpt from Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps From Amiens to Mons, Aug 8 Nov, Nov, 11, 1918 Canadian Corps during the Hundred Days. To that consideration every other has been subordinated. By identifying so far as possible the actual battle position of individual battalions it is hoped to stimulate local pride and interest in their respective territorial or recruiting areas. Difficulties were here encountered, both through absence Of detailed Oflicial narratives and limitations of space, but if full justice has not been done each fighting unit, it is not from lack of application and goodwill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX "A and Q," see Administrative Services Abancourt, 203, 245, 249, 251, 256, 259, 264, 304, 308. Administrative Services, Canadian Corps, 93, 287. Agache, River, 171. Algie, Lt. L. W., 20th, Batt., 312. Amiens, Battle of, Aug. 8-22: --First general offensive by British Army, 2; brilliant success of, 5; plan of, 17; preparations for, 17-20; the task, 34-38; battle opens, 40; oper- ations, Aug. 8, 34-51; operations, Aug. 9-11, 52-9; Corps Commander on results, 59-60; operations, Aug. 12-20, 61-9; transfer of Canadian Corps back to Arras, 68; prisoners and guns captured, 68; battle brok- en off, 88; moral effect of victory. 94; was intended for last British offensive of 1918, 95; "black day of the German Army"--Luden- dorff, 95; compared with Vimy, 402; casualties of, 404. Amiens Cathedral, 102-5. Andechy, 61, 74. Andrew, Capt. A. E. Chaplain, Royal Canadian Regt., 270. Anneux, 194, 219-220. Anzin, 353, 391. Archambault, Maj., 22nd, Batt., 140. Arleux, 330-1. Armistice: --How proposals received, 320-1; German envoys in France. 376; our troops sceptical, 393; order received for hostilities to cease, 382, 386, 389; news received soberly, 383-4, 396; celebration at Valenciennes, 394; at Mons, 395. Army Service Corps, Canadian, 60, 94, 173. Arras, Battle of, Aug. 26-Sept. 4: -- Battle plan described by Haig, 109; entirely a Canadian Corps battle, 110; Corps Commander outlines the task, 111-4; conference of Divisional Commanders, 112; battle opens, 120-4; capture of Wancourt, Guemappe and Monchy-le-Preux, 125-8; Aug. 27, attack in face of stiffening opposition reaches Sen- see, 128-132; Aug. 28, capture of Boiry and Pelves; terrific battle in front of Fresnes-Rouvroy line, 133-142; Aug. 29-31, preparations for attack on Drocourt-Queant line, ...

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In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued—known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had decimated Europe. In Hundred Days, acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe.