Brave Battalion
The Remarkable Saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War
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Narrated by:
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Thomas Fawley
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Written by:
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Mark Zuehlke
About this listen
This is the story of the average Canadian who volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force told through the lens of one battalion - the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. This Highland Regiment fought in the Ypres Salient and in the Somme, at Vimy, Passchendaele, and Amiens. It suffered the first gas attack; its ranks were decimated as it fought at virtually every major battle in the European theatre.
From the declaration of war to the cessation of hostilities, Zuehlke follows the battalion from marshalling and training in Canada, across the Atlantic to England, and then landing in Europe. In graphic detail he takes the reader into the trenches and onto the shell-pocked battlefields, through assaults on ridges and wooded valleys. Brave Battalion is not a sweeping history of the conflict. It is rather the story of war on the ground as told through the accomplishments of a band of brothers - the Canadian Scottish - who came to represent the best of what Canada sent into battle.
©2008 Mark Zuehlke (P)2013 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about Brave Battalion
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- TOM B.
- 2023-12-11
MISPRONUNCIATIONS WEAKEN THIS EFFORT
"Lurier", "VAN-couver", "Beeng" and many others. This is a book about a Canadian regiment. I don't know if Fawley is a Canadian, but if he is, the fact he can't pronounce Vancouver properly is pretty bad. Also, his weak attempt at a Scottish accent is rather annoying. Decent book, badly read.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Sean Harris
- 2021-03-26
Excellent history, but Canadians may find the mispronunciations grating
I have enjoyed both reading and listening to Mark Zuehke’s books and so far as providing history that ranges from a clear overall picture to intimate details of soldiers’ daily experience, this book is excellent.
My only complaint is that the narrator, while giving a decent performance, has little familiarity with names of people and places that are well known in Canadian history and geography.
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- Ned Shillington
- 2022-05-06
Superbly written, but poorly performed.
A fascinating account of the life in the trenches. It triumphs over a pathetic narration. Someone who can’t pronounce Kelowna or Regina needs to look for other employment.
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- 2022-05-13
Terrible Narration
Book is what I expected. Well worth the read…and in this case I’d stick with reading it.
Narrator is terrible. Horrible fake Scottish accent, mispronunciation (and in inconsistent pronunciation) of place names and Canadian ranks. If he can be a voice actor, anyone can.
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