HISB41H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ross Rifle, Henri Bourassa, Sulfur Mustard
Document Summary
June 28th: gavrillo princip killed franz ferdinand and duchess sophie. July 28th : austria produces an ultimatum to serbia, who fail to comply and austria- August 1st : germany declares war on russia. August 3rd : germany invades belgium by the use of schlieffan plan. August 4th : britian declares war on germany. August 5th : canadian parliament calls for war. In the rural areas however, there is no opposition per say, but believe that food production comes first. Sam hughes anchors faith in the volunteer army and canadian provision. Throughout the war, food quality was bad. Ross rifle: hughes was a huge promoter, but the only problem was that it jammed easily and because of this they abandoned the ross rifle. Anishnabe francis pegahmagbow s first of many battles. First time we see the report of shell shock. Bombs and gun noise cause shell shock. September 1915, rather being in british corps, they make their own corps.
