. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. of attack, against the British alonenear Ypres. Canadian troops, among others, hadwon glory there in the previous three years, firstby their invincible defense of the position againstgreat odds and poisonous gas and afterward by vig-orous offensives which had wrested from the enemy250 square miles of territory and raised hopes ofeventually driving the Germans from Belgium. By means of reckless sacrifice of life and lavishexpenditure of ammunition, the Germans early inApril had regained all the territory east of Ypreswhich Field Mar
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. of attack, against the British alonenear Ypres. Canadian troops, among others, hadwon glory there in the previous three years, firstby their invincible defense of the position againstgreat odds and poisonous gas and afterward by vig-orous offensives which had wrested from the enemy250 square miles of territory and raised hopes ofeventually driving the Germans from Belgium. By means of reckless sacrifice of life and lavishexpenditure of ammunition, the Germans early inApril had regained all the territory east of Ypreswhich Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig had con-quered in the previous two years. Haig was obligedto order a withdrawal not only east but south ofYpres, permitting the enemy to drive a wedge about15 miles or nearly a third of the distance to theEnglish channel ports of Calais and Dunkirk. This great German advance was made as theresult of a wanton expenditure of mens lives soenormous that the German general staff was obligedafter two weeks to abandon the effort as too
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