Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches)
Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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one-tenth of its strength !jythe time the First Division entered the fir-ing line. Tliis was two months after thePrincess Pats had begun active opera-tions. The Patricias first saw service nearthe village of St. Eloi, a few miles southof Ypres, where the Canadians were des-tined to see much fighting in the years fol-lowing. On March 20th a stray bulletkilkd its conunander. Colonel Farquliar.He had been military secretary to the Dukeof Connauglit. His i)laee was taken byLt.-Col. H. C. Buller, who lost an eye froma shell splinter on May 5th. Major Gaultthen took over the command. Three dayslater, during a determined German drive,Major Gault was wounded in the left armand thigh by a shell and lay in a trench ingreat anguisli for ten liours, it l)eing im-possil)le to remove him during the tremen-dous enemy bombardment that was pro-ceeding. By n :30 oclock that night allthe company commanders had been killed.Roll call sliowed only 150 men left, withLieuts. Niven and Papineau the only eom-
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British tank crossing No Mans Land to attack the enemy. CANADAS PART IN THE WAR 351

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