Riding into battle : canadian cyclists in the Great War / Ted Glenn.

"Cyclist troops in Canada's armed forces spent most of the First World War digging trenches, patrolling roads, and delivering dispatches. But during the Hundred Days campaign at the end of the Great War, Canada's Cyclist troops came into their own. At Amiens, Cambrai, and especially the Pursuit from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glenn, Ted (Author)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Toronto : Dundurn, [2018]
Subjects:
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Cyclist Battalion.
Military cycling > Canada > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Canada.
HISTORY > Military > General.
Military cycling.
Regimental histories.
Canada.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:175 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1 Battle of the Humber; 2 The Trenches; 3 Amiens and the Full Power of Manoeuvre; 4 Arras
  • A Very Difficult and Tiresome Task; 5 Canal du Nord
  • Sticky Fighting; 6 Cambrai
  • Take Advantage of Any Opening; 7 Pursuit from the Sensée
  • Their "Most Telling Work"; 8 Valenciennes and Mons; 9 Occupying Force; Epilogue; Notes; A Note on Sources; Bibliography; Image Credits; Index