"The Red Watch": With the First Canadian Division in Flanders

An eyewitness account chronicles mobilization, training and deployment of Canadian Highland units to the Western Front, describing life in camps, voyages to Europe, service with the First Canadian Division in Flanders, and action in early battles including trench warfare, artillery and gas attacks, and specific engagements at Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and St. Julien. The narrative combines operational sketches, maps and illustrations with pen-portraits of leaders and men, casualty lists and reflections on valor, and closes with appeals for continued recruitment and imperial unity.