Named by the Enemy: A History of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles
by Reid, Brian A
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1896941605
- ISBN 13
- 9781896941608
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Robin Brass Studio. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1896941605 . Tight unmarked book with a single page have a spot of rippling; in lightly rubbed dust jacket with a nick. Impressively thorough. Scarce; 8.6 X 1 X 9.3 inches; 300 pages; The Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment holds a special honour - a second official name first bestowed by the enemy: Little Black Devils. The regiment was formed in 1883 and provided members of the Nile Expedition of 1884/5 to rescue Gordon of Khartoum. Its first major operation was the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, seeing action at Fish Creek and Batoche. The regiment was prominent during the First World War, including the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, when it withstood a poison gas attack and assault that sent units on both sides reeling, leading British Prime Minister Lloyd George to declare that the regiment "by steadiness under strain was the focal point in saving the Channel ports and removing the danger to England of invasion." In World War II the regiment was in the spearhead of the Normandy landings and the first Allied unit to reach its D+1 objective. It fought across Northwest Europe into Germany. Since the war it has provided companies for NATO service in Germany and Korea, as well as UN peacekeeping missions. Read less .
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- B-Line Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62647
- Title
- Named by the Enemy: A History of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- Author
- Reid, Brian A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1896941605
- ISBN 13
- 9781896941608
- Publisher
- Robin Brass Studio
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- 1896941605
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