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Fighting Newfoundlander /

The Fighting Newfoundlander is a vivid history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment - the "Blue Puttees" - and its heroic contributions to the war effort. Gerald Nicholson details the harrowing experiences of the Newfoundland Regiment (the only Canadian unit) at Gallipoli and later at Beaumo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicholson, G. W. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : MQUP, 2006.
Colección:Carleton library series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Before the first regiment
  • The regiments of the 1700's
  • Newfoundlanders in the War of 1812
  • When war came
  • first five hundred
  • Gallipoli
  • Reinforcing the regiment
  • Beaumont Hamel
  • Gueudecourt
  • Sailly-Saillisel and Monchy-le-Preux
  • The Steenbeek and the Broembeek
  • Cambrai
  • The German April offensive
  • The advance to victory
  • The tradition lives on
  • App. A Honour roll, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, First World War
  • App. B Honours and awards, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, First World War
  • App. C Battle honours
  • App. D Articles of engagement approved by Governor Richard Evans for the Newfoundland volunteers, 1779
  • App. E Proposals for raising a corps of infantry in the island of Newfoundland, September 12, 1780
  • App. F Extracts from the regimental orders of the earliest Newfoundland regiment
  • App. G Special order of the day by the Colonel, the Royal Scots (the royal regiment).