When Word War I began, Newfoundland had been without any kind of military organization for almost half a century. Public-spirited citizens immediately formed themselves into a Patriotic Association and within sixty days had recruited, partially equipped, and dispatched 537 officers and men overseas.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [593]-595) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.4/12718
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-nf
- ISBN
- 9780773575448 0773531335
- LCCN
- UA652.R826
- LCCN Item number
- N5 2006eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxiv, 614 p., [1] leaf of plates)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00225513 (OCoLC)713186299 (CaOOCEL)432870
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Table of Contents
- Contents 7
- Message from the Colonel-in-Chief, 1964 10
- Message from the Honorary Colonel, 1964 12
- Message from the Honorary Colonel, 2006 14
- Author's Preface 16
- Introduction to the Carleton Library Series Edition 20
- CHAPTER I: Before the First Regiment 42
- CHAPTER II: The Regiments of the 1700's 54
- CHAPTER III: Newfoundlanders in the War of 1812 88
- CHAPTER IV: When War Came 130
- CHAPTER V: The First Five Hundred 155
- CHAPTER VI: Gallipoli 196
- CHAPTER VII: Reinforcing the Regiment 234
- CHAPTER VIII: Beaumont Hamel 273
- CHAPTER IX: Gueudecourt 325
- CHAPTER X: Sailly-Saillisel and Monchy-le-Preux 369
- CHAPTER XI: The Steenbeek and the Broembeek 407
- CHAPTER XII: Cambrai 442
- CHAPTER XIII: The German April Offensive 472
- CHAPTER XIV: The Advance to Victory 508
- CHAPTER XV: The Tradition Lives On 552
- APPENDICES 585
- APPENDIX A: Honour Roll, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment, First World War 586
- APPENDIX B: Honours and Awards, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment, First World War 614
- APPENDIX C: Battle Honours 623
- APPENDIX D: Articles of Engagement approved by Governor Richard Evans for the Newfoundland Volunteers, 1779 623
- APPENDIX E: Proposals for Raising a Corps of Infantry in the Island of Newfoundland, September 12,1780 625
- APPENDIX F: Extracts from the Regimental Orders of the Earliest Newfoundland Regiment 626
- APPENDIX G: Special Order of the Day by the Colonel, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 633
- LIST OF SOURCES 634
- INDEX 638
- A 638
- B 638
- C 641
- D 643
- E 643
- F 644
- G 645
- H 646
- I 647
- J 647
- K 647
- L 647
- M 648
- N 649
- O 650
- P 650
- Q 651
- R 651
- S 652
- T 654
- U 654
- V 654
- W 654
- X 655
- Y 655
- Z 655
