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Show j Canadians Overseas Ready for Offensive ' .. . .. V - V ! "V 'V - LIKE other regiments of the modern mod-ern Canadian Army, the Highland High-land Light Infantry overseas can open, sustain and carry through an action almost within its own resources. re-sources. In addition to the usual small arms and grenade units, carriers car-riers and skilled mortar crews go forward as part of the assaulting 'unit, such as Pte. B. Perkins, of Guelph, holding the light two-inch mortar which he and Pte. W. T. Sliewbiidge of Hamilton pack right op to the front. About S21.000 Canadians out of a population of Passed by Censor 12.000.000 are now engaged In producing pro-ducing munitions in Canada. At this point it is expected ihat th Dominion is approaching its visible limit of material and managemt. An outstanding productive achlo-ment achlo-ment is the delivery so far of ;nor than 200.000 army vehicles, whlcn have seen service in several theatres of war. Hundreds ol Canadian-made tanks have been shipped to Russia, with more coming com-ing off the production lines every clay earmarked for the fighting fronts. |