MacDonald, J.A., Lieut., Editor. Illustrations By Lieut. S.T.J. Fryer. Introductory By Maj.-Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton. Contribution By Hon. Capt. R.F. Thompson. Listings

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1 MacDonald, J.A., Lieut., editor. Illustrations by Lieut. S.T.J. Fryer. Introductory by Maj.-Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton. Contribution by Hon. Capt. R.F. Thompson. GUN-FIRE: AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE 4TH BDE. C.F.A. IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-18). [Greenway Press, Toronto, 1929.]  264 pp, large 8vo, hard cover (dark blue cloth with red lettering on spine/front board, color pasted-on illustration) - no dust jacket. B&w maps, photos, drawings. Contents: Preface; Introductory. Book I - Part I. Mobilization; England; Arrival in Flanders; Trench Warfare; St. Eloi. Part II. Sanctuary Wood and Hooge; Courcellette; Regina Trench; Signal Communication; In Front of Vimy. Part III. Battle of Vimy Ridge; Minor Operations. Part IV. Siege of Lens; Hill 70; Paschendaele; Return to Vimy; Holding the Ridge; Amiens; The Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai to Valenciennes; Downfall of Germany. Book II - Operations, 1916; Operations, 1917; Operations, 1918; The March to the Rhine; Return to 'Civies'. Appendices: The Honour Roll, 4th Brigade, C.F.A.; The Decorations List, 4th Brigade, C.F.A.; The Nominal Roll, 4th Brigade, C.F.A.; Skeleton History of each Unit; Table of Officers Commanding. Interior - previous owners information label on front pastedown, very light foxing to endpapers, preliminaries, and last few pages, pages browning very lightly, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light to moderate edge wear and rubbing, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. VG-  Price: 150.00 USD