First, the Canadian citizens had eagerly volunteered in the war. The Canadian Patriotic Fund launched a fund for soldier’s families, despite that the inexperienced Canadian troops were heading to the Western Front of the war.
Furthermore, during the beginnings of the Western Front, Germany’s new weapon, poison gas, marked the disintegration of the allied Franco-Berber troops. However, the Canadians managing to launch a counterattack on the advancing German troops during the Second Battle of Ypres. The Canadians and Germans fought, until the Princess Patricia’s