New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

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iarwood Steele. Published by r
nutton & Co
WE Of the United States ar,
w proud Of the record Canad'
made In the late war. for II,
men across the border are American
and their heroism under fire thrilled
! us almost as much "a did the courage
Of our troops in 1918. There is ne
doubt that Captain Harwood Steele's
| The Canadian in France (Dutton) wi J
be widely read throughout this country
for it is complete and thrilling ac-
count Of the Dominions participation
az combatant.
Captain Steele opens his history
with the lst Canadian Division leavin~
Salisbury Plain. England. for the front
February 7. 1915. We got an idea OF
the rapidity with which this unit Of
men was flung into action from the
bare statement tina by April % 1t was
enguifed in the chaos Of the second
battle Of Ypres On this body Of in
fantry and artillery fell, for the first
time the horror of the gas attack. How
the Canadians fought on through the
greensh yellow clouds and how they
delivered their mjdnighr counter at
tack with the bayonet, IS graphically y
told IN this history. Steele has the art
Of the romantic historian, seen in such
phrases as the following, The flicker Of
the feeble moon upon bayonet.' He
closes this chapter with a deserved
tribute The glory Of the achievement
of closing the gap is Canada s, and
hers alone. The world was saved by
the men of the lst Division
Ypres was followed by Festubert and
Givenchy, IN which engagements the
Canad lans proved their superiority over
the Germans, especially in work with
cold steel. The summer wore away
and by September the I'd Canadian Di-
vision arrived in France With Is
coming the Canadian forces extended
their bold on the front to 1900 yards
Of trenches, nearly seven miles. Late
in September began the spasmodic raids
of the Canadians or the German lines,
form of warfare developed by them
to the highest degree, to the dismay Of
the enemy.
There is no respite In this swiftly
moving story Of battle following bat
ties St. Eoi gave the "Princess Pats"
their claim TO glory, and, in June,
l'l6, Sanctuary Wood and Hooge were
sprinkled with Canadian blood From
Septembe to November of the same
year the soldiers Of the maple leaf
were locked with the Germans in away
ing lines in the Valley Of the Somme.
The hower Of the German army had
been crushed in the mud between Al
bert and Bapaume. And the Canadian
corps, bleeding from many wounds
had done its share to crush it,"
And so the great tale Of the men Of
the North unfolds itself, through chap
tiers with captions as follows. "The
Taking of Vimy Ridge" Lens" and
Kill 7O"; "Amiens." "Cambrai," ""Mons'
and "Vctory" Captain Steele evident
ly revels in the telling, for he is salut-
ing not alone the living but the dead. He
clo ses his important history with a
panegyric on the attitude Of his COM
rades or hearing Of the armistice
Their thoughts did not turn in flag.
wsgging, but to home and peace, and
those at home whom they had been
spared to see again. And their minds
went back over the dreary years TO
80 600 comrades who were not so for
tunate, from a worldly point OF view
and who would never see home or
loved ones any more, but who had
died. God bless them, for the free
dom Of tho whole world and for the
Canadian Army CORPS and It's place in
history"
soldiers tribute, In tho simple
manly words Of q comrade.