Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Maps vii
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Battle Honours of the 19th Battalion xi
6. Foreword xv
7. Preface xvii
8. Recruiting and Mobilization: 1914–15 1
9. Training in England: May–September 1915 31
10. Life in the Trenches: September–December 1915 47
11. Waging Trench Warfare: September 1915–March 1916 65
12. Trial by Fire: St-Eloi, April 1916 89
13. “Trying the Nerves”: May–July 1916 111
14. A Daylight Coup and Departing Belgium: 29 July–August 1916 135
15. Preparing for Battle: 28 August–15 September 1916 155
16. Fighting at the Somme: 15 September– 3 October 1916 175
17. A “Most Uneventful Tour”: October 1916–March 1917 201
18. “An Easter Gift” – Vimy Ridge: 25 March–9 April 1917 223
19. A Bloody Setback: 10 April–1 July 1917 255
20. “The Worst Ever”: July–August 1917 and the Battle for Hill 70 275
21. “A Dirty, Dirty Country”: September–November 1917 and the Battle for Passchendaele 299
22. Days of Uncertainty: November 1917–March 1918 323
23. “It Was Pretty Lively”: 21 March–June 1918 339
24. Prelude to Victor y: July–7 August 1918 365
25. The Battle of Amiens and Its Aftermath: 8–18 August 1918 383
26. Arras: 19–31 August 1918 419
27. Cambrai and Iwuy: 1 September–13 October 1918 439
28. Long Road to Mons: 14 October–11 November 1918 465
29. Going Home – Eventually: 12 November 1918– 25 May 1919 491
30. Epilogue 521
31. Monthly Casualties 531
32. Discipline in France and Flanders 535
33. Commanding Officers, 19th Battalion 1914–1919 549
34. Honours and Awards 550
35. Notes 555
36. Index 639
37. Canadian Unit, Formation, and Command Histories series 657