FAMILY OF VOLUNTEERS

A lavishly illustrated history of the 48th Highlander Regiment of Canada. Founded in 1891, this militia unit has served Canada in every major conflict since the South African War. In World War I, at Ypres, it was one of the first to suffer the horrors of a gas attack. In the miserable years of trench warfare, it distinguished itself at key engagements, including the Somme, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele, In World War II, it landed in Sicily and fought its way up the Italian peninsula, including the vicious battles to outflank Ortona and the unassisted breaching the vaunted Hitler Line defences south of Rome, until it was transferred to fight in the liberation of The Netherlands. More recently, the regiment has taken part in peacekeeping duties in Cyprus, Somalia and the former Yugoslavia. NOW HALF-PRICE!