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Rosemary Neering
ISBN 10 – 0889021767
Softcover
64 pages
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And All Their Glory Past: Fort Erie, Plattsburgh and the Final Battles in the North, 1814
This is the story of the last major battles of the War of 1812, which were fought along the Canadian-American frontier in the summer and autumn of 1814 and had a decisive effect on how the war ended. The first of these actions is the 53-day siege of Fort Erie, which incurred more casualties than the better known battle of New Orleans in some of the most vicious fighting of the entire war. The Americans besieged in the fort on the Canadian side of the Niagara River succeeded in driving off the British attacks but finally decided to withdraw across the border before the onset of winter, thus marking the end of hostilities on Canadian soil. The second major action is the naval and land battle of Plattsburgh, New York. An outgunned American naval squadron on Lake Champlain succeeded through out-standing seamanship in defeating their Royal Navy opponents, causing the British commander in chief, General Sir George Prevost, to withdraw, a reverse that he was unable to live down and an American victory that had a direct bearing on the final outcome of the war. The author also describes the devastating raid in which General Duncan MacArthur's mounted troops burned and plundered their way across south-western Ontario from present-day Windsor to Brantford Written by Donald E. Graves, the master of the battle-field narrative and acknowledged internationally as an authority on the War of 1812, And All Their Glory Past is a fascinating blend of scholarly research, engaging narrative and insight into the minds of men under the stress of combat. It complements two previous books by Donald E Graves, Field of Glory: The Battle of Chrysler's Farm, 1813 and Where Right and Glory Lead! The Battle of Lundy's Lane, 1814, widely read classics that have remained in print for more than a decade due to popular demand.
Pacific Coast Artillery in Canadian Service
In their 'Canada Weapons of War' series this booklet covers a little known topic, the Coastal Artillery placed along the Canadian coast (sorry, an obvious statement I know) during WW2 to defend against the possibility of an attack by the Japanese. Looking back and knowing the history of the war it may seem to have been unlikely, but at the time it would have been a real concern. The result was a succession of gun emplacements located in potential target areas up and down this long coastline.
The guns varied from lighter AA weapons to heavier coastal artillery such as the 9.2 inch guns, and going purely from the photos included, they all appear to have been in open emplacements, though roofed observation positions were used along with them.
The booklet is essentially a wartime report by Major Nicholson as a historical report but it has been edited for a modern audience. It makes for some interesting reading and explores the background to decisions of what guns were sited where and why different size weapons were chosen appropriate to the risk. Today it is what we would consider a basic Risk Assessment and providing solutions appropriate to the risk and as far as resources allowed. In the end of course there were no direct attacks so these defences were not put to the test of combat but it makes for some interesting reading on a little know subject of WW2.
Early Armour in Canadian Service
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