Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town Patches Recounting bloody battles and endless

Recounting bloody battles and endless exhaustion

but when the British government calls for 10

Lawrence—the legendary British soldier

"Give 'er the gun

Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town Patches Recounting bloody battles and endlessDescription by Edward Butts Hardcover The First World War was the cause of dramatic changes in every Canadian community. What it meant to daily life becomes clear in this book about the war years in Guelph, Ontario. The first months were the easiest, as young men rushed to enlist. Once news of casualties and deaths started arriving, the atmosphere changed drastically. Mothers dreaded the arrival of the telegraph boy. Newspapers published fulsome