Named by the Enemy: A History of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Tapa dura - 2010

Robin Brass Studio. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1896941605 . Tight unmarked book with a single page have a spot of rippling; in lightly rubbed dust jacket with a nick. Impressively thorough. Scarce; 8.6 X 1 X 9.3 inches; 300 pages; The Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment holds a special honour - a second official name first bestowed by the enemy: Little Black Devils. The regiment was formed in 1883 and provided members of the Nile Expedition of 1884/5 to rescue Gordon of Khartoum. Its first major operation was the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, seeing action at Fish Creek and Batoche. The regiment was prominent during the First World War, including the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, when it withstood a poison gas attack and assault that sent units on both sides reeling, leading British Prime Minister Lloyd George to declare that the regiment "by steadiness under strain was the focal point in saving the Channel ports and removing the… Leer más

Montreal: Robin Brass Studio [1-896941-60-5] 2010. (Square small 4to hardcover) 300pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs, maps, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada; Winnipeg. (Military--Canada, Little Black Devils, Military--Canada, Royal Winnipeg Rifle Regiment).