CHAPTER I. CANADA’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR

BY COL. GEORGE G. NASMITH, C. M. G.

Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action--Valcartier Camp a Splendid Example of the Driving Power of Sir Sam Hughes--Thirty-three Liners Cross the Atlantic with First Contingent of Men and Equipments--Largest Convoy Ever Gathered Together--At the Front with the Princess Pat’s--Red Cross--Financial Aid--Half a Million Soldiers Overseas--Mons, the Last Stronghold of the Enemy, Won by the Men from Canada--A Record of Glory 1

The Canadians in Action--Undismayed by the New Weapon of the Enemy--Holding the Line Against Terrific Odds--Men From the Dominion Fight Like Veterans 34

The Case of Edith Cavell--Nurse Who Befriended the Helpless Dies at the Hands of the Germans--Captain Fryatt’s Martyrdom--How Germany Sowed the Seeds of Disaster 45