# Over the Canadian Battlefields Notes of a Little Journey in France, in March, 1919

Author: Dafoe, John Wesley, 1866-1944

Genre: World War I

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47269

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## Summary

In the first days of March, 1919, I made hurriedly a pilgrimage that will be made in more leisurely manner by thousands of Canadians in coming years. For while the memory of the Great War endures and Canada retains her national consciousness, Canadians, generation after generation for centuries to come, will follow the Canadian way of glory over the battlefields of France and Flanders, with reverent hearts and shining eyes, learning anew the story of what will doubtless always remain the most romantic page in our national history. For lack of time I had to forego my visit to the bitter battlefields of Flanders: Ypres, where the Canadians held the line against all odds when German hopes fo...

## Chapters

- [Chapter VII. Compensations](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/over-the-canadian-battlefields-notes-of-a-little-journey-in-fra-ecfa2c0b/chapters/1/index.md)