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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first class officer as a re-sult of 25 years in the militia and earnestservice at the front. His body was recov-ered and buried at Poperinghe near thebodies of Lt.-Colonel Hart McHarg andLt.-Colonel Birchall. General Haig paid a warm tribute to thework of the Canadians in opposing theGerman onslaught. In his own words,The Canadians behaved with the utmostgallantry, counter-attacking successfullyafter a heavy and continued bombard-ment. Much of the ground lost in the in-itial attack was retaken at once. Carefulcomputation led to the estimate that theGermans suffered eight thousand casual-ties in making their slight gain. Twelve days after the Gennans, south-east of Zillebeke, had captured SanctuaryAVood and Hill 60, the Canadians staged anelaborate counter-attack which was com-))letely successful. They took liack all thelost groimd and severely punished the en-emy. Their total casualties in this fightingliave been placed at 1.3.000. The CanadianMinister of Militia and Defense, General
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