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Foreword…………………………………………………………………………..………………..ix Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………..………………....xi Introduction…………………………………………………………………..……….……......xiii Maps The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 1759……………………………......……..xvii The Battle of Queenston heights, 1812………………………………………..…..xviii The South African War (Boer war) 1899 – 1902………………………….……..xix Operations – Canadian Army corps, 1918…………………………………………...xx Hong Kong, 1941………………………………......…......…......…......…..........…..xxi The Dieppe Operation, 1942…………………………......…......….........………..xxii Ortona, Italy, 1943………………………………......…......…......…......…......…..xxiii The Battlefields of Normandy, 1944……………......….....……………………..xxiv Antwerp, 1944……………………………......…......…......…......…......…....……..xxv Korea, 1953……………………......…......…......…......…......…........……………..xxvi 1. Warring with the Indians………………………………......….............…..1 2. The Fall of Quebec……………………………......…......………………….…..7 3. The Defeat of Detroit……………………………......…......…………….....27 4. Queenston Heights – A Battle Won – A General Lost……….….…35 5. Les Voltigeurs en Victoire……………………………......…..............…..49 6. Bloody Sunday & Majuba Day……………………………......….......…..59 7. An Event Unprecedented in this War…………………………….....…..73 8. Disinfection……………………………......……………………………........…..79 9. The Byng Boys……………………………......…......………………………....105 10. The Duck’s Walk……………………………......…………………….......…...129 11. The March to Mons……………………………......………………........…..147 12. Unrepaid Sacrifice…………………………….......................….......…..193 13. The Nine Bloodiest Hours…………………………………......….......…..219 14. The Death Frenzy……………………………........................….......…..247 15. The Normandy Conquest…………………………………......….......…..255 16. The Miracle of the West…………………………..………......…......…..279 17. Omega……………………………......…......…………………………………....295 Bibliography ……………………………......………………………………………….....…..301 Index…………………………………………………………………………………………………304