The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Salisbury Plains to complete their train-ing. They were placed under the commandof Alderson, who had thereputation of being a smart, detertoinedofficer. AVliile in camp at Salisbury, theCanadians were honored by a visit by FieldMarshal Roberts—Bobs, as he was af-fectionately called by the general public—and to them he made the last speech heever was permitted to make in thereafter the veteran general wentto France to see his beloved Indian troops,took cold, and died. To the Canadi
The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war . Salisbury Plains to complete their train-ing. They were placed under the commandof Alderson, who had thereputation of being a smart, detertoinedofficer. AVliile in camp at Salisbury, theCanadians were honored by a visit by FieldMarshal Roberts—Bobs, as he was af-fectionately called by the general public—and to them he made the last speech heever was permitted to make in thereafter the veteran general wentto France to see his beloved Indian troops,took cold, and died. To the Canadians,Lord Roberts, who long had warned Brit-ishers that Germany was preparing tostrike for worlds supremacy, said: We have arrived at the most critical momentof our history, and you have generouslycome to help us in our hour of need. Weare fighting a nation which looks upon theBritish Empire as a barrier to her devel-opment, and has, in consequence, long con-templated our overthrow and attain that end, she has manufactureda magnificent fighting machine, and is. Church silverware saveri from the tnemy by a rapid advance the Canadians saved the can-dlesticks, aUar posts and other church silver andbrass ware from the Germans. 333 334 THE PEOPLES WAR BOOK straining every nerve to gain victory. Itis only by the most determined etiorts tliatwe can defeat her. A few weeks later theKing visited tlie Canadians. In Februaryhe visitedthem again on the eve of theirdeparture for service on the continent. It was a wonderful relief to the ardentboys from Canada to get the word to goto the front. They knew that perils andhardships awajted them, and that manywould be called upon to suffer wounds anddeath, but they were tired of the sixmonths of training and the wet and muckof Salisbury Camp, which was extraordi-narily uncomfortable because of recordbreaking floods. The Canadian divisionsailed from Avonmouth, on the BristolChannel, and after a eircuitovis voyage
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