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TIMELINE OF WWI. 1911 BORDEN ELECTED 1911 LAURIER’S NAVAL BILL REPEALED 1912 TRIP TO ENG BORDEN’S NAVAL BILL 1912-1913 LAURIER FILIBUSTER 1914 BORDEN ON VACATION 1914 ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND. AUG 1914 CANADA GOES TO WAR UNANIMITY IN CANADA EVEN BOURASSA
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1911 BORDEN ELECTED • 1911 LAURIER’S NAVAL BILL REPEALED • 1912 TRIP TO ENG BORDEN’S NAVAL BILL • 1912-1913 LAURIER FILIBUSTER • 1914 BORDEN ON VACATION • 1914 ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND
AUG 1914 CANADA GOES TO WAR • UNANIMITY IN CANADA EVEN BOURASSA • 1914 WAR MEASURES ACT PASSES • COUNTRY OF 8 MILLION, 65,000 MAN MILITIA, 3100 ARMY, 350 NAVY, FEW SHIPS…GOES TO WAR
1911 TO 1914 SAM HUGHES’S MISTAKES • SEPT 1914 CDN 1ST DIV VALCARTIER • OCT 1914 SAIL TO ENG • FEB 1915 TO FRANCE (NEUVE CHAPPELLE) • APRIL 1915 TO FLANDERS • APRIL 22 TO MAY 3 BATTLE OF ST JULIEN
SEPT 1915 2ND DIV ARRIVES (CDN CORPS) • JAN 1916 3RD DIV (BIGGER CORPS) • WINTER OF 1915 TO 1916 TRENCH RAIDS, TRENCH WASTAGE • APRIL 1916 ST ELOI CRATERS (2ND) • JUNE 1916 MOUNT SORREL (3RD)
July 1 1916 Somme • November 1916 Regina Trench • Winter 16-17 move to Vimy • April 1917 VIMY RIDGE