- City of Toronto Archives
- Alan Howard fonds
- John Boyd Sr. Toronto military training photograph album
- John Boyd Sr. Toronto military training photograph album
- Sham battle troop movements, including dispatch riders on bicycles
Sham battle troop movements, including dispatch riders on bicycles
itemApril 2, 1915-April 7, 1915Fonds 1548 > Series 1418 > File 1 > Item 21
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- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- April 2, 1915-April 7, 1915 (indexed as 1915)
- Level
- item
- Scope & content
- Item consists of page 21 of the Boyd photograph album. There are nine photographs on the page, which are captioned as follows: 11812 - Sneaking up through the orchard a la Indian pose hoping to capture Leaside; 11813 - Some of the defenders who watched the move and spoilt the little game; 11814 - Holding the line of communication trusting to starve out the besieged; 11816 - An armistice declared by both sides as a hungry army cannot fight; 11817 - Fighters who flourish and wax fat on a milk diet; 11818 - Boy Scouts who acted as despatch [sic] riders and some scouting on the side; 11819 - Two scouts captured by a solitary sentry, who ordered "Hands Up"; 11820 - Watching a detachment of the enemy skirmishing through the distant wood; 11841 - French Canadian troops and recruits drilling on the Champ de Mars, Montreal.
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- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required...Learn more about Copyright Details OPEN - No restrictions on these non-government records.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-22T04:21:05Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto
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