The War Story of the C.A.M.C., 1914-15. By Colonel J.
G. Adami. VoL I. (Colour, Ltd., and Rolls House Publishing Co. 5s. net.)—Colonel Adamre interesting book on the Canadian Army Medical Corps begins before the war, for the Canadian Government had organized from 1899 onwards an Army Medical Service with doctors, nurses, and bearers, which played a useful part in South Africa, and was ready for the call in 1914. The chief feature of the book, apart from the professional details, is the very full account of the Second Battle of Ypres, in which the Canadians bravely held on, after the first German gas attack had broken the French lines, and fought so stubbornly that the enemy abandoned his offensive at the very moment when it seemed as if he must force his way through. The description of the horrible effects of the gas on the Threes and Canadians, and of the prompt measures taken, on the initiative of Colonel Nesmith, to provide en antidote, is well worth reading.
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