Buy this book on-line McWILLIAMS, JAMES L and STEEL, R. JAMES: : GAS! THE BATTLE FOR YPRES,1915CANADA.ST. CATHARINE'S,ONTARIO.VANWELL PUBLISHING LIMITED,1985. ISBN 0920277012.
CANADA,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain sage green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-247pp [paginated] includes author's introduction to readers,14 chapters and an epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp152/3,b/w map battle plans interspersed throughout the text, appendices (2),notes,a bibliography,an index and photograph credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table.
Seventy years ago soldiers of all ranks came from many lands: Canada,Britain,India,France, Belgium,Germany and the French Colonies to witness and share one horrifying happening in history: the first poison gas attack of modern times.
Most people today are only vaguely aware of the legend,of the terrible effects of the chlorine gas cloud upon the French Algerian troops; of the Canadian's stubborn refusal to retreat in the face of the gas; of the tragic counter attacks against impossible odds by British and Indian troops; and of the eventual failure of the German offensive.These events are here retold by the men themselves.
'GAS! THE BATTLE FOR YPRES,1915' is based on many years of painstaking research by the authors and is written to reveal three levels of actions: First,the behind-the- scenes dissension and decisions; secondly, the confusing sequence of events faced by the field commanders; thirdly,and most importantly,the trench-level views of the common fighting men of several nations.
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