The Great War: Vimy Ridge
George Van Wyck Laughton, M.C.

NICHOLSON SKETCHES

It took some time to get back to this project of scanning more of the Nicholson information, so now I am pleased to report that I have also scanned all 55 of the B&W sketches that are in the Nicholson text.    

For those that want a complete set of the sketches I have made a ZIP file that you can download:

If you wish to download or view the individual sketches, here is the complete list:

Here is the listing from the Table of Contents: (index with page numbers)

1. Camp Valcartier , 19l4
2. Canadians on Salisbury Plain, 1914—1915

3. The Western Front: Initial German Advances, August-September, 1914           

4. Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10— 12 March 1915                               

5. The Northern Sector, 21 April 1915

6. The Open Flank, 12:01 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. , 23 April 1915

7. Closing The Gap: The Afternoon Attacks, 23 April 1915

8. The Apex Lost, 4:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. , 24 April 1915                         

9. The Battle of St. Sullen, 10 tin, to Midnight , 24 April 1915          

10. The Second Brigade Holds Firm, 2:00 a.m. , 25 April 1915                     

11. The Battle of St. Sullen, 2:00 a.m. —7:0O p.m. 25 April 1915                    

12. The Attack by the Lahore Division, 26 April 1915                           

13. The Salient, 22 April-4 May 1915                                      

14. The Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 8 May 1915                

15. The Front from Ypres to Arras , 9 May 1915     

16. Givenchy, 15 June 1915                                               

17. The Canadian Corps in the Line, 23 September 1915                         

18. The Approaches to the Black Sea , 1915                                  

19. The Eastern Front, 1915                                             

20. North-Eastern Italy , 1915                                           

21. La Petite Douve: Night Raid, 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. 2:30 a.m. 17 Nov 1915                                                  

22. The Canadian Corps Front, 23 December 1915                             

23. The St. Eloi Craters, 10 April 1916                                      

24. The Attack on Hooge, 6 June 1916                                     

25. Pozieres Ridge, 3— 8 September 1916                            

26. Pozieres Ridge, 9— 31 September 1916                                   

27. The Courcelette Sector, 20 September 1916

28. The Courcelette Sector, 22 September 1916                                

29. Thiepval Ridge, 26 September 1916                                      

30. Thiepval Ridge, 27 September 1916                                     

31. Thiepval Ridge, 28— 29 September 1916                                   

32. The Battle of the Ancre Heights : Regina Trench, 1 October 1916                 

33. The Battle of the Ancre Heights : Regina Trench, 8 October 1916

34. The Battle of the Ancre Heights : Regina Trench, 21 October 1916                  

35. The Battle of the Ancre Heights : Regina Trench, 11 November 1916              

36. The Battle of the Ancre Heights : Desire Trench, 18 November 1916              

37. The Balkan Front, 1916                                             

38. Nivelle’s Plan and the German Withdrawal, Spring 1917

39. The Battles of the Scarpe, April—May 1917                                

40. Arleux-en-Gohelle, 28 April 1917

41. Fresnoy-en-Gohelle, 3 May 1917                                       

42. The Souchez-Avion Sector, May—June 1917                              

43. Flanders . 1917                                                    

44. The Italian Front, 1917

45. Cambrai, November—December 1917                                  

46. Moreuil Wood and Rifle Wood, 30 March—I April 1918                

47. The Western Front from Avricourt to the Sea, July 1918                     

48. Amiens : The Battle Area, 8 August 1918                                

49. Amiens : The Battle Area, 9—19 August 1918                              

50. The Advance to the Hindenburg Line and the Canal du Nord, 20 August—26 September1918

51. Rolling back the Enemy, 8 August— 15 October 1918                         

52. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade at Le Cateau, 9 October 1918                   

53. Operations 1st Canadian Division between the Scarpe and the Sensee, October r 1918

54. The Middle East , 1915—1918                                          

55. Northern Russia , 1918—1919