The Gothic Line

by Mark Zuehlke

  24 Nicholson, 559.

  25 Gregg correspondence.

  26 Jean V. Allard, The Memoirs of General Jean V. Allard (Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 1988), 95.

  27 Ibid.

  28 Ibid., 96.

  29 Henri Tellier, “Account by Major H. Tellier, OC ‘A’ Company R22e Regiment,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 2.

  30 Allard, 96.

  31 Tellier, “Account by Major H. Tellier,” 2.

  32 Allard, 96–97.

  33 Tellier, “Account by Major H. Tellier,” 2–3.

  34 Ibid., 3.

  35 Ibid.

  36 Ibid.

  37 L.F. Trudeau, “Account by Major L.F. Trudeau, OC ‘C’ Company R22e Regiment,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 1.

  38 Col. C.P. Stacey, “Report No. 187 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: Operations of 1 CDN Corps, 4 Jun 44 to 24 Sep 44—The Breaking of the Gothic Line and the Capture of Rimini,” Department of National Defence, n.d., 124.

  39 Allard, 97.

  40 G.R. Stevens, A City Goes to War (Brampton, ON: Charters, 1964), 316.

  41 Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, n.p.

  42 Ibid.

  43 Ibid.

  44 Nicholson, 556.

  45 Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, n.p.

  46 John Dougan, interview by author, 9 Oct. 2000, Victoria, BC.

  47 Ibid.

  48 Stevens, 317.

  49 John Dougan, “Account Given to Historical Officer,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 3.

  50 Dougan, interview by author.

  51 James Riley Stone, interview by William Thackray, 13, 20 May and 3, 10, 17 June 1980, University of Victoria Special Collections.

  52 Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, n.p.

  53 Stevens, 318.

  31: THE GALLANT ATTACKERS

  1 Reginald Roy, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 1919–1965 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1969), 344–45.

  2 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 557.

  3 Roy, 346–47.

  4 L.F. Trudeau, “Account by Major L.F. Trudeau, OC ‘C’ Company R22e Regiment,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 1.

  5 Tony Poulin, interview by author, 10 May 2000, Ottawa.

  6 Ibid.

  7 John Dougan, “Account Given to Historical Officer,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 3.

  8 Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, n.p.

  9 Dougan, “Account Given to Historical Officer,” 3.

  10 Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, n.p.

  11 West Nova Scotia Regiment War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, 22.

  12 E.L.M. Burns, General Mud: Memoirs of Two World Wars (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1970), 206.

  13 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 557.

  14 “21st Tank Brigade (British) report on 1 CID support at Gothic Line,” National Archives of Canada, 12.

  15 Nicholson, 557.

  16 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives, n.p.

  17 Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, n.p.

  18 Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, n.p.

  19 Nicholson, 558.

  20 Ibid., 565.

  21 C. Sydney Frost, Once a Patricia (St. Catharines, ON: Vanwell, 1988), 282–84.

  22 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, 24.

  23 Frost, 285–87.

  24 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, 24.

  25 Frost, 287.

  26 Ibid., 288.

  27 48th Highlanders of Canada War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, 15.

  28 Frost, 288–90.

  32: WELL DONE, CANADA

  1 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, n.p.

  2 Major Roy C.H. Durnford, diary, National Archives of Canada, 87.

  3 Ibid.

  4 Ibid.

  5 James Riley Stone, interview by William Thackray, 13, 20 May and 3, 10, 17 June 1980, University of Victoria Special Collections.

  6 Ian MacLeod, “Did Canadians Steal the Treasures?” National Post 17 March 2001, a16.

  7 Durnford, 87.

  8 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, n.p.

  9 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada War Diary, Sept. 1944, National Archives of Canada, n.p.

  10 Stone interview.

  11 Amadeo Montemaggi, correspondence with author, 25 May 2001.

  12 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada War Diary, n.p.

  13 Peter Stursberg, CBC Radio broadcast, 22 Sept. 1944, CBC Radio Archives.

  14 Ibid.

  15 Amadeo Montemaggi, interview by author, 23 Oct. 2000, Rimini, Italy.

  16 Oviglio Monte, interview by author, 21 Oct. 2000, Rimini, Italy.

  17 “Phase Five: The Crossing of the T Marano–The Battle for S. Lorenzo and S. Fortunato Features–The Capture of Rimini,” National Archives of Canada, 22.

  18 “21st Tank Brigade (British) report on 1 CID support at Gothic Line,” National Archives of Canada, 13.

  19 Ibid., 17–18.

  20 Col. C.P. Stacey, “Report No. 187 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: Operations of 1 CDN Corps, 4 Jun 44 to 24 Sep 44—The Breaking of the Gothic Line and the Capture of Rimini,” Department of National Defence, n.d., 135–36.

  21 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 681.

  22 Stacey, 136.

  23 Douglas Orgill, The Gothic Line: The Italian Campaign, Autumn 1944 (New York: W.W. Norton, 1967), 159.

  24 E.L.M. Burns, General Mud: Memoirs of Two World Wars (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1970), 208.

  25 Ibid.

  26 Thomas H. Raddall, West Novas: A History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment (n.p., 1947), 232.

  27 Syd Thomson, interview by author, 27 May 2000, Salmon Arm, BC.

  28 Ibid.

  29 Nicholson, 579.

  30 W.G.F. Jackson, The Mediterranean and Middle East, vol. 6–Part 2 (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1987), 361–63.

  31 Rowland Ryder, Oliver Leese (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987), 191.

  32 Burns, 218.

  EPILOGUE

  1 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Canadians in Italy: 1943–1945, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 679.

  2 Ibid., 681.

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