Canadian Army going to England, October 1914. Supplement to the The Family Herald and Weekly Star, Montreal "Canada's Rally to the Empire - Answering the Call of the Motherland": Canadian Army setting sail, to join British Forces operating in Europe against Germany in the War of Nations commenced August 4th, 1914. Thirty-one transports, twenty battleships, with 32,000 officers and men. An event arousing admiration and enthusiasm throughout the British Empire and described by the British Press as "Unparalleled since William the Conqueror." This convoy included the 16th Battalion, CEF who left who boarded the SS Andania on 28 September in Quebec City and sailed for Plymouth, England on 29 September 1914.