Terrible Victory
Page 57
37 Ibid., 174.
38 Stanley, 211.
39 Jackson, 136.
40 Rogers, 197.
41 Cassidy, 174–177.
42 “The Clearance of the Scheldt Estuary,” 91.
22: TROOPS ON THE GROUND
1 Johan van Doorn, Slag om Woensdrecht: bevrijding van de Zuidwesthoek, Oktober 1944 (Willemstad: n.p., 1995), 93.
2 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, para. 156–58.
3 van Doorn, 93.
4 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 391.
5 6th Canadian Field Regiment, RCA War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
6 N.a. Cent ans d‘histoire d‘un régiment canadien-français: les Fusiliers Mont-Royal,1869-1969 (Montréal: Editions Du Jour, 1971), n.p.
7 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 31.
8 Cecil Law, “Sniper,” unpublished account, in possession of author, 28 May 2004.
9 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, 31.
10 van Doorn, 80.
11 The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 9.
12 David Bercuson, Battalion of Heroes: The Calgary Highlanders in World War II. (Calgary: Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1994), 176–77.
13 Ibid., 177.
14 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 67.
15 Bercuson, 177.
16 van Doorn, 83.
17 Bercuson, 177–78.
18 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, 67.
19 van Doorn, 83.
20 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, 67–68.
21 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 22.
22 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
23 Robert L. Fraser, Black Yesterdays: The Argyll’s War (Hamilton: Argyll Foundation, 1996), 303.
24 H.M. Jackson, ed. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (n.p., 1953), 138.
25 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co., 1965), 303–4.
26 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, n.p.
27 G.M. Alexander, ed, Europe, July 1944–May 1945: A Brief History of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in Action (Mitcham, England: West Brothers, 1945), 23.
28 N.a. The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (Ottawa: Mortimer, 1948), 159.
29 Ibid.
30 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), 213.
31 21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (Governor General’s Foot Guards) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 14.
32 Stanley, 214.
33 The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, 159–61.
34 Jackson, 138–39.
35 “The Campaign in North-West Europe, Information from German Sources—Part III.,” 157–60.
36 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 17.
37 R.W. Queen-Hughes, Whatever Men Dare: A History of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, 1935–1960 (Winnipeg: Bulman Bros., 1960), 142.
38 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, 72–75.
39 Bercuson, 179.
40 van Doorn, 96.
41 Jackson, 139.
42 Duguid, 304.
43 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade War Diary, October 1944, 24.
44 Jackson, 139.
45 Duguid, 304.
46 Jackson, 139.
47 Duguid, 304–5.
48 Lincoln and Welland Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
49 Geoffrey Hayes, The Lincs: A History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment at War (Alma, ON:, Maple Leaf Route, 1986), 62.
50 Jackson, 140.
51 Ibid., 150.
52 Fraser, 304.
53 Stanley, 215.
54 R.L. Rogers, History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, (n.p., 1954), 199.
55 Stanley, 215–16.
56 1st Battalion, Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 15–16.
57 N.a., “The Battle of Bergen Op Zoom,” www.army.forces.gc.ca/Land_Force_Central_Area
/31_Canadian Brigade_Group/Lincoln_Welland_Regiment/History.asp.
58 van Doorn, 96.
59 4th Canadian Armoured Division War Diary, October 1944, 27–28.
60 29th Reconnaissance Regiment (South Alberta) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 36–37.
23: THE SOU TH BEVEL AND RACE
1 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, 96–97.
2 George Blake, Mountain and Flood: The History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division,1939–1946 (Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Co., 1950), 83.
3 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 401.
4 D.J. Goodspeed, Battle Royal: A History of the Royal Regiment of Canada, 1862–1962 (Toronto: The Royal Regiment of Canada Assoc., 1962), 505–6.
5 “The Capture of Zuid Beveland: Account by Brigadier R.H. Keefler, e.d., A/Comd, 2 CDN INF DIV, Given to Historical Officer, 2 CDN INF DIV, 11 Nov. 44,” RG24, vol. 10897, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
6 Goodspeed, 506–7.
7 Royal Regiment of Canada War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 19.
8 Goodspeed, 507.
9 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 13.
10 N.a., Vanguard: The Fort Garry Horse in the Second World War (Doetincham, Holland: Uitgevers-Maatschappij, C. Misset, NV, n.d.), 84.
11 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, 13.
12 George Blackburn, The History of the 4th Field Regiment (n.p., 1945), n.p.
13 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, 14.
14 Blackburn, n.p.
15 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, 14.
16 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.
17 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 21.
18 Blake, 84–86.
19 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, n.p.
20 “The Capture of Zuid Beveland,” 1–3.
21 R.W. Queen-Hughes, Whatever Men Dare: A History of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, 1935–1960 (Winnipeg: Bulman Bros., 1960), 142.
22 Cecil Law, “South Beveland Peninsula Battles,” unpublished account, in possession of author, 1.
23 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 18.
24 Law, 1.
25 “The Clearance of the Scheldt Estuary,” 100.
26 N.a. Cent ans d‘histoire d‘un régiment canadien-français: les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, 1869–1969 (Montréal: Editions Du Jour, 1971), n.p.
27 The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 10.
28 South Saskatchewan Regime
nt War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 36–37.
29 “The Capture of Zuid Beveland,” 1.
30 W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War: The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp (Toronto: Stoddart, 1984), 253.
31 South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 37.
32 Whitaker, 254.
33 Arthur K. Kembar, The Six Years of 6 Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery: September 1939–September 1945(Amsterdam: Crown Printing Office, 1945), 80.
34 “The Crossing of the Beveland Canal at Wemeldinge: Account of Major J.J.D. Gagnon, A./C.O., Camerons of C., Given to Historical Officer, 2 CDN INF DIV, 6 Nov. 44,” 145.2R14011(1), Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 1.
35 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, 18.
36 The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, 11.
37 Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 5.
38 Kembar, 80.
39 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, 19.
40 Kingsley Brown, n.p.
41 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, 16.
42 Goodspeed, 509–10.
43 Ibid., 510.
44 Essex Scottish War Diary, October 1944, 16.
45 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, 25.
46 Stacey, 402.
47 Jeffrey Williams, The Long Left Flank: The Hard Fought Way to the Reich, 1944–1945 (Toronto: Stoddart, 1988), 134.
48 The Black Watch (RHR). of Canada War Diary, October 1944, 19.
49 “The Clearance of the Scheldt Estuary,” 105.
50 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, 27–28.
51 Goodspeed, 511.
52 Ibid., 511–12.
53 Captain John Ellis Stothers citation, from Johan van Doorn archive, in possession of author.
54 N.a., vIII. CDN Recce Rgt 14 ch Battle History of the Regt (Victoria, bc: 8th CDN Recce Assoc., 1993), 34.
55 Terry Copp, The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939–45 (Stoney Creek, ON:, Fortress Publications, 1992), 156.
24: LET’S TAKE THE DAMNED PLACE
1 Lincoln and Welland Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
2 G.L. Cassidy, Warpath: The Story of the Algonquin Regiment, 1939–1945 (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1948), 180.
3 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
4 Robert L. Fraser, Black Yesterdays: The Argyll’s War (Hamilton, ON:, Argyll Foundation, 1996), 305.
5 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, n.p.
6 Fraser, 305.
7 Donald E. Graves, South Alberta’s: A Canadian Regiment at war (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1998), 227.
8 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, n.p.
9 Algonquin Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 17.
10 Graves, 224–25.
11 15th Canadian Field Regiment, RCA War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 7.
12 Robert A. Spencer, History of the Fifteenth Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery: 1941 to 1945 (New York: Elsevier, 1945), 177.
13 Cassidy, 182.
14 Graves, 225–26.
15 Cassidy, 182.
16 Spencer, 177.
17 Graves, 223.
18 Geoffrey Hayes, “Where Are Our Liberators?” The Canadian Liberation of West Brabant, 1944,” vol. 1, 1995, Canadian Military History, 64.
19 Graves, 223–24.
20 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), 216–17.
21 G.M. Alexander, ed, Europe, July 1944–May 1945: A Brief History of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in Action (Mitcham, England: West Brothers, 1945), 24.
22 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 26.
23 Hayes, 15.
24 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, 34–35.
25 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, para. 169.
26 Graves, 227–28.
27 29th Reconnaissance Regiment (South Alberta) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 39.
28 Graves, 228.
29 Hayes, 64.
30 Graves, 228.
31 Robert M. Foster, et. al. Steady the Buttons Two by Two: Governor General’s Foot Guards Regimental History, 125th Anniversary: 1872–1997 (Ottawa: Governor General’s Foot Guards, 1999), 207.
32 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co., 1965), 306.
33 22nd Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 4.
34 N.a., The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (Ottawa: Mortimer, 1948), 165.
35 21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (Governor General’s Foot Guards) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 19.
36 The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, 165.
37 1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 18.
38 The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, 166–67.
39 Ibid., 168–72.
40 Alexander, 25.
41 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, n.p.
42 Fraser, 306–7.
43 H.M. Jackson, ed. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (n.p., 1953), 142–43.
44 South Alberta Regiment War Diary, October 1944, 42.
45 Fraser, 307–8.
46 Jackson, 143.
47 Hayes, 65–66.
48 R.L. Rogers, History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment (n.p., 1954), 201.
49 Fraser, 309.
50 Jackson, 145–46.
51 Hayes, 68.
52 Cassidy, 185.
25: THE DAMNED C AUSEWAY
1 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 20.
2 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 403.
3 Terry Copp, The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939–45 (Stoney Creek, ON:, Fortress Publications, 1992), 158–59.
4 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (RHR). of Canada War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 20.
5 W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker, Tug of War: The Canadian Victory that Opened Antwerp (Toronto: Stoddart, 1984), 324.
6 Black Watch War Diary, October 1944, 23.
7 Jeffrey Williams, The Long Left Flank: The Hard Fought Way to the Reich, 1944–1945 (Toronto: Stoddart, 1988), 135.
8 Whitaker, 322.
9 Black Watch War Diary, October 1944, 20.
10 George Blackburn, The History of the 4th Field Regiment (n.p., 1945), n.p.
11 5th Canadian Field Regiment War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
12 Lt. Maurice Berry, “letter November 20, 1944 to Lt. Col. W.E. MacFarlane,” http:// blackwatchcanada.com/en/archives.htm, 7/11/2006.
13 Whitaker, 322–23.
14 Ibid., 323–24.
15 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (RHR). of Canada War Diary, November 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
16 Black Watch
War Diary, October 1944, 20–21.
17 Williams, 136.
18 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 83.
19 Whitaker, 321–25.
20 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, October 1944, 85–86.
21 Frank Holm, “Personal Narratives-Walcheren Causeway,” http://www.calgaryhigh landers.com/history/walch.htm, 7/6/2006.
22 David Bercuson, Battalion of Heroes: The Calgary Highlanders in World War II. (Calgary: Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1994), 185.
23 Ibid., 185.
24 Holm, “Personal Narratives.”
25 Bercuson, 186.
26 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, November 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
27 David Kaufman and Michiel Horn, A Liberation Album: Canadians in the Netherlands, 1944–45 (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980), 39.
28 Williams, 138.
29 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, November 1944, 1.
30 Bercuson, 186–87.
31 Ibid., 187–88.
32 Ibid., 188–89.
33 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, November 1944, 2.
34 HQ 2nd Canadian Infantry Division War Diary, November 1944, Appendix: “Message Log,” RG24, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
35 II. Canadian Corps War Diary, November 1944, “Intelligence Summary No. 77, Nov. 2, 1944,” RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 3.
36 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, November 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
37 Gérard Marchand, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve Vers la Victoire, 1944–1945 (Montréal: Les Presses Libres, 1980), 163.
38 Copp, 161.
39 Donald George Innes Award Citation, Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 1.
40 Le Régiment de Maisonneuve War Diary, November 1944, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
41 Whitaker, 334–35.
42 Gerald Rawling, Cinderella Operation: The Battle for Walcheren 1944 (London: Cassell, 1980), 83.
43 Whitaker, 341–42.
44 Stacey, 405.
45 Williams, 140.
46 Stacey, 405.
47 Ibid., 405–6.
48 Whitaker, 339.
49 Le Régiment de Maisonneuve War Diary, November 1944, 1.
50 Stacey, 406.
51 D.J. Goodspeed, Battle Royal: A History of the Royal Regiment of Canada, 1862–1962 (Toronto: The Royal Regiment of Canada Assoc., 1962), 513.