Tag: Vimy
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01 Work, The art of War, Richard Jack’s First World War, The Taking of Vimy Ridge, with Footnotes
As far as Urquhart could determine, the 10th Battalion men were not digging in, possibly because its command structure was in disarray after Boyle’s death. Hoping to help restore order, Urquhart approached the battalion’s second- in-command, Major Joseph MacLaren, and relayed Leckie’s orders about digging in. Seemingly distracted, MacLaren replied that “he was wounded in…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Richard Jack’s First World War, The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917, with footnotes
The battle at Vimy Ridge in April 1917 is Canada’s most famous. Richard Jack’s depiction focuses on the technology that enabled the assault to succeed. Of Canada’s many First World War battles, the successful assault at Vimy Ridge in April 1917 is the most famous. Victory cost more than ten thousand casualties. “Battle Vimy Ridge,” Lieutenant…
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