Canada at VimyP. Martin Associates, 1967 - Monument commémoratif du Canada à Vimy (Pas-de-Calais, France) - 229 pages An eye-Witness accounts of the battle at Vimy, April 1917. |
Contents
BATTLE EXPERIENCE | 33 |
EARLY HISTORY OF ARRAS | 39 |
EARLY FRENCH ATTEMPTS | 47 |
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