by Mark Zuehlke
15 Ibid., 1766.
16 Ibid., 1768.
17 Highland Light Infantry War Diary, 6.
18 Walter G. Pavey, An Historical Account of the 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars), (Gardenvale, QC: Harpell’s Press, 1948), 78.
19 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, 4.
20 Bird, 253.
21 N.a., 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada: 1940–1945 (Galt, ON:, Highland Light Infantry of Canada Assoc., 1951), 69–70.
22 W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War: The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp (Toronto: Stoddart, 1984), 292.
23 Highland Light Infantry War Diary, 6.
24 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, 5.
25 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
26 Will Bird, North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment (Fredericton, nb: Brunswick Press, 1963), 442–43.
27 Richard M. Ross, The History Of The 1St Battalion Cameron Highlanders Of Ottawa (MG), (n.p., n.d.), 71.
28 Bird, North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, 443.
29 Boss, 70.
30 Highland Light Infantry War Diary, 7.
31 Bird, No Retreating Footsteps, 254–55.
32 North Nova Scotia Highlanders War Diary, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
33 Ibid., n.p.
34 Ibid., n.p.
35 North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 5.
36 Jacques Castonguay and Armand Ross, Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Lévis, pq: n.p., 1983), 303.
37 G.L. Cassidy, Warpath: The Story of the Algonquin Regiment, 1939–1945 (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1948), 164.
38 H.M. Jackson, ed. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (n.p., 1953), 130.
39 “Conversation Maj-Gen Eberding, 1.
40 “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources— Part III.”, 218.
41 Cassidy, 164.
42 “Combined Operations Headquarters–Bulletin Y/43: ‘Amphibians in Operation ‘Switchback,’ Appendix F‘” MG30, vol. 8, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
43 9th Canadian Field Squadron, RCE War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 3.
44 8th Canadian Field Squadron, RCE War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 6.
45 Report No. 188 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: “Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe–Part VI: Canadian Operations, 1 Oct–8 Nov, The Clearance of the Scheldt Estuary,” Department of National Defence, 7 April, 1948, 57.
46 Reginald H. Roy, Ready for the Fray: The History of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s), 1920 to 1955 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1958), 343.
47 Ibid., 343–44.
48 Stacey, 395.
49 First Canadian Army HQ Defence Company (RMR) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 5.
50 R.C. Fetherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment, 1925–1945 (Westmount, QC: The Royal Montreal Regiment, 1949), 189.
51 7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17dyrch) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 9–10.
52 Ibid., 10–12.
53 Jack Martin, interview by John Gregory Thompson, Scarborough, on, 1 October 2003.
54 Charles Cromwell Martin, Battle Diary: From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994), 91–92.
55 Queen’s Own Rifles War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
17: A GODSEND
1 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 389–90.
2 Lieutenant General Guy Simonds Correspondence, 12 Oct 44, Crerar Papers, MG30, vol. 2, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
3 E.O. Herbert, “Polish Armd Div, 7 Oct 44,” Crerar Papers, MG30, vol. 2, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
4 Johan van Doorn, Slag om Woensdrecht: bevrijding van de Zuidwesthoek, Oktober 1944 (Willemstad: n.p., 1995), 51–52.
5 van Doorn, 51.
6 Terry Copp, The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939–45 (Stoney Creek, ON:, Fortress Publications, 1992), 147–48.
7 W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War: The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp (Toronto: Stoddart, 1984), 172–75.
8 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 17–18.
9 van Doorn, 52.
10 Charles E. Goodman, interview by David Gantzer, 1 & 5 December 1980, University of Victoria Special Collections.
11 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 18–19.
12 van Doorn, 51.
13 Charles Goodman, interview by author, Saanichton, BC, 2 June 2006.
14 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 19.
15 Charles Goodman interview.
16 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 19.
17 van Doorn, 52.
18 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 20.
19 Ibid., 20–21.
20 van Doorn, 52–55.
18: BLACK FRIDAY
1 Terry Copp, The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939–45 (Stoney Creek, ON:, Fortress Publications, 1992), 148.
2 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 8.
3 “The Action at Woensdrecht, 8–14 Oct 44: Account by Lt. W. J. Shea, i.o., r.h.c., given to Historical Officer, 2 CDN INF DIV, 15 Oct 44,” 145.2r14011(1), Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 1.
4 W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War: The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp (Toronto: Stoddart, 1984), 174–75.
5 John Dubetz, “Friday, October 13, 1944, ‘Black Friday,’” http://www.smokylake.com/history/
other/blackfriday/htm, December 7, 2007, 1–2.
6 HQ RCA 2nd Canadian Infantry Division War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
7 Dubetz, 2.
8 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (RHR). of Canada War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 8.
9 Dubetz, 2–3.
10 Johan van Doorn, Slag om Woensdrecht: bevrijding van de Zuidwesthoek, Oktober 1944 (Willemstad: n.p., 1995), 57–58.
11 Dubetz, 3–5.
12 Jean Portugal, We Were There: The Navy, the Army and the rcaf–A Record for Canada, vol. 5 (Shelburne, ON:, The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1998), 2282.
13 T.D. Dungan, “Antwerp, City of Sudden Death,” www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/antwerp.html, n.p.
14 “The Action at Woensdrecht,” 1.
15 van Doorn, 59.
16 “The Action at Woensdrecht,” 1.
17 Black Watch War Diary, 9
18 van Doorn, 59–60.
19 Whitaker, 175–76.
20 Black Watch War Diary, 10.
21 Ibid.
22 Whitaker, 176.
23 “The Action at Woensdrecht,” 2.
24 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944– 1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 384.
25 van Doorn, 61.
26 Black Watch War Diary, 11.
27 van Doorn, 61.
28 Royal Hamilton Light Infantry War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
29 “RHLI Operation Order No. 1, Woensdrecht Feature 15/16 Oct 44,” 145.2r14011(1), Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 1.
30 Whitaker, 181.
31 HQ RCA 2nd Canadian Infantry Division War Diary, October 1944, 4.
32 Stacey, 384.
33 Whitaker, 181.
34 Kingsley Brown, Sr., Kingsley Brown, Jr., and Brereton Greenhous, Semper Paratus: The History of
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment), 1862–1977 (Hamilton: The RHLI Historical Assoc., 1977), n.p.
35 Ibid., 182.
36 “The Capture of Woensdrecht: Accounts by Officers of R.H.L.I. Given to Historical Officer, 2 CDN INF DIV, 22 Oct 44,” 145.2r14011(1), Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 1–2.
37 Whitaker, 184–88.
38 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
39 van Doorn, 68–69.
40 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
41 “The Capture of Woensdrecht,” 1–4.
42 Whitaker, 190.
19: DOMINATE THE SIT UATION
1 W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War: The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp (Toronto: Stoddart, 1984), 192–93.
2 Kingsley Brown, Sr., Kingsley Brown, Jr., and Brereton Greenhous, Semper Paratus: The History of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment), 1862–1977 (Hamilton: The RHLI Historical Assoc., 1977), n.p.
3 “The Capture of Woensdrecht: Accounts by Officers of RHLI. Given to Historical Officer, 2 CDN INF DIV, 22 Oct 44,” 145.2r14011(1), Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 2.
4 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
5 Whitaker, 194.
6 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
7 Whitaker, 195.
8 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
9 “The Capture of Woensdrecht,” 2.
10 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
11 “The Capture of Woensdrecht, 2–3.
12 Ibid., 3.
13 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
14 Royal Hamilton Light Infantry War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 16.
15 Johan van Doorn, Slag om Woensdrecht: bevrijding van de Zuidwesthoek, Oktober 1944 (Willemstad: n.p., 1995), 72.
16 “The Capture of Woensdrecht, 3.
17 Royal Hamilton Light Infantry War Diary, October 1944, 17.
18 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
19 Ibid., n.p.
20 Royal Hamilton Light Infantry War Diary, October 1944, 17–18.
21 Ibid., 17.
22 Ibid., 18.
23 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 14.
24 Royal Hamilton Light Infantry War Diary, October 1944, 18–19.
25 Ibid., 18–20.
26 Report No. 69 Historical Section Army Headquarters: “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources—Part III. German Defence Operations in the Sphere of First Canadian Army (23 Aug.–8 Nov. 44),” Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 30 July, 1954, paras 147.
27 Oberst G. Elmar Warning, “Battles of lxvII. Inf Corps Between the Schelde and the Maas, 15 Sep–25 Nov 44,” RG24, vol. 20523, Library and Archives Canada, 27–29.
28 “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources—Part III.,” 149.
29 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944– 1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 398.
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid.
32 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 20–21.
33 Whitaker, 302.
34 Karel Magrey, “The Ijzendijke Explosion,” After the Battle, No. 99, 1998, 44–53.
35 Whitaker, 303.
36 Report No. 188 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: “Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe–Part VI: Canadian Operations, 1 Oct–8 Nov, The Clearance of the Scheldt Estuary,” Department of National Defence, 7 April, 1948, 69.
37 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, 23.
38 William Boss, Up the Glens: Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, 1783– 1994 (Cornwall, ON:, Old Book Store, 1995), 232.
39 North Nova Scotia Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
40 Boss, 232–33.
41 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, 25–26.
42 “Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe–Part vi,” 69.
43 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, 26.
20: TO THE LAST CARTRIDGE
1 North Nova Scotia Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
2 Highland Light Infantry War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 11.
3 North Nova Scotia Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, n.p.
4 Canadian Scottish Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 24–25.
5 Ibid., 26.
6 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 398–99.
7 Jean E. Portugal, We Were There: The Navy, the Army and the rcaf–A Record for Canada, vol. 6 (Shelburne, ON:, The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1998), 3008–9.
8 Royal Winnipeg Rifles War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 8.
9 Canadian Scottish Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 29.
10 Portugal, We Were There, vol. 6, 3011.
11 Canadian Scottish Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 29.
12 Portugal, 3011–12.
13 Reginald H. Roy, Ready for the Fray: The History of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s), 1920 to 1955 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1958), 347–48.
14 Queen’s Own Rifles War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
15 Charles Cromwell Martin, Battle Diary: From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994), 93–95.
16 W.T. Barnard, The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, 1860–1960 (Don Mills, ON:, Ontario Publishing Co., 1960), 236.
17 Martin, 95.
18 Jacques Catonguay and Armand Ross, Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Lévis, QC: n.p., 1983), 310–11.
19 Walter G. Pavey, An Historical Account of the 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars), (Gardenvale, QC: Harpell’s Press, 1948), 83–84.
20 Report No. 69 Historical Section Army Headquarters: “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources—Part III: German Defence Operations in the Sphere of First Canadian Army (23 Aug.–8 Nov. 44),” Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 30 July, 1954, paras 232–33.
21 Canadian Scottish Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 34.
22 Roy, 349.
23 “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources—Part III.,” 234–35.
24 Stacey, 399.
25 William Boss, Up the Glens: Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, 1783– 1994 (Cornwall, ON:, Old Book Store, 1995), 234.
26 Catonguay and Ross, 312–13.
27 Will Bird, North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment (Fredericton, nb: Brunswick Press, 1963), 464.
28 North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment War Diary, November 1944, RG24 Library and Archives Canada, 1.
29 Martin, 96–98.
30 “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources—Part III.,” 241.
31 Stacey, 399–400.
32 Stacey, 400.
21: FOOT-SLOGGING JOBS
1 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 13.
2 Report No. 188 Historical Section Canadian Military Headquarters: “Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe–Part VI: Canadian Operations, 1 Oct–8 Nov, The Clearance of the Scheldt Estuary,” Department of National Defence, 7 April, 1948, 89.
3 J.M. Savage, The History of the 5th Canadian Anti-tank Regiment, 10 Sept., 1941–10June, 1945 (Canada: 4th Canadian Armoured Division, 1945), 39.
4 George F.G. Stanley, In the Face of Danger: The History of the Lake Superior Regiment (Port Arthur, ON:, The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, 1960), 208.
5 G.L. Cassidy, Warpath: The Story of the Algonquin Regiment, 1939–1945 (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1948), 170–71.
6 Headquarters, RCA, 4th Canadian Armoured Division War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 11.
7 Stanley, 209.
8 Robert L. Fraser, Black Yesterdays: The Argyll’s War (Hamilton: Argyll Foundation, 1996), 299.
9 H.M. Jackson, ed. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (n.p., 1953), 135.
10 Fraser, 299–300.
11 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
12 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co., 1965), 303.
13 Fraser, 300.
14 Jackson, 135.
15 R.L. Rogers, History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment (n.p., 1954), 195.
16 Geoffrey Hayes, The Lincs: A History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment at War (Alma, ON:, Maple Leaf Route, 1986), 59.
17 Rogers, 195–96.
18 Ibid., 196.
19 28th Canadian Armoured Regiment (British Columbia Regiment) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
20 Rogers, 196.
21 Hayes, 59.
22 Cassidy, 170.
23 Ibid.
24 Cassidy, 171–72.
25 Douglas E. Harker, The Dukes: The Story of the Men Who have Served in Peace and War with the British Columbia Regiment (dco.), 1883–1973 (The British Columbia Regiment, 1974), 269.
26 Cassidy, 172.
27 Rogers, 197.
28 Stanley, 210.
29 Cassidy, 172–73.
30 Stanley, 210.
31 N.a. The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (Ottawa: Mortimer, 1948), 154–57.
32 L.F. Ellis with A.E. Warhurst, Victory in the West: Volume II.: The Defeat of Germany (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1968), 123–24.
33 G Branch, 4th Canadian Armoured Division War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 22.
34 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 7.
35 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 21.
36 Cassidy, 173.