HIST 1133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arthur Currie, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Ross Rifle
17 Oct 2016
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10 million military deaths, 6 million civilians. Governor general/cabinet offer canadian overseas contingent before can. parliament consulted. News of e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d/ca(cid:374)ada"s e(cid:374)tr(cid:455) i(cid:374)to the (cid:449)ar greeted (cid:449)ith ju(cid:271)ilatio(cid:374) Canadians volunteer in large numbers in the early months of the war. Efforts to raise a third canadian contingent. Casualties begin to be reported in ontario papers in march and april of 1914. From a pamphlet aimed to convince women to pressure men to recruit (cid:862)he should (cid:271)e a (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) Sir sam hughes, minister of militia, 1914-1916. Atta(cid:272)ked (cid:271)(cid:455) hughes as a (cid:862)but(cid:272)her(cid:863) (cid:374)eedlessl(cid:455) (cid:272)osti(cid:374)g ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) li(cid:448)es. Canadians first in conflict in the ypres salient. July 1: at beaumont hamel, 90% of the newfoundland regiment casualties (the killing tree) 24 000 canadian casualties (8000 dead) of more than 1,000,000 total casualties: gain of 2. 8 km. 630 000 canadians in military service (8% of roughly 8 million total canadians) Heatless mondays: places of amusement closed on mondays. 9000 internees: austro-hungarians, germans, turks and bulgarians.
