Isbn: 9781896941608 - named by the enemy: a history of the royal winnipeg rifles (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 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 rem.…