The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War by the Allies against German positions on the Western Front...
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The Canal du Nord (French pronunciation: [kanal dy nɔʁ], literally Canal of the North) is a 95-kilometre (59 mi) long canal in northern France. The canal...
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William Merrifield (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Force during the First World War, he was awarded the VC for his actions on 1 October 1918, during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. Earlier in the war he had...
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Canada's Hundred Days (category Military history of Canada during World War I)
the Second Battle of the Somme, Battle of the Scarpe, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of Cambrai, Battle of the Selle, Battle of Valenciennes and finally...
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by the French First Army in October 1918 Battle of the Canal du Nord This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Battle of St....
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Samuel Lewis Honey (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
the 78th Battalion for duty. In late September 1918 at Bourlon Wood, the 78th Battalion participated in the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the fighting...
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Graham Thomson Lyall (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
involved in the Battle of the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918. Advancing against German forces in Boulon Wood, his platoon was held up by a series of strong...
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Frederick Charles Riggs (category British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
during the First World War at the battle of the Canal du Nord when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 1 October 1918 near...
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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served...
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Rorke's Drift Battle of the Ancre Heights Battle of the Canal du Nord Battle of the Imjin River Battle of the Scarpe (1918) Battle of Bau Battle of Bergendal...
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George Fraser Kerr (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
award of a bar to his MC. On 27 September 1918, Kerr was commanding a support company at Bourlon Wood, during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. The advance...
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of the Canal du Nord by seven Victoria Cross recipients, the battle led to the conquest of Cambrai by the Allied Powers. The book covers the remaining...
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Thomas Norman Jackson (category British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
engaged in the Battle of Canal du Nord, near Graincourt. Jackson's battalion was tasked with the capture of a canal crossing. Once over the canal, it was...
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Thomas Neely (category Recipients of the Military Medal)
the 8th Battalion, he was promoted to corporal. During the Battle of the Canal du Nord on 27 September, the 8th Battalion was leading the advance of 76th...
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Hundred Days Offensive (redirect from Battle of the Serre)
on 12 September and at the Battle of Épehy and the Battle of the Canal du Nord on 27 September.: 217 The first attack of the Grand Offensive was launched...
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3rd Canadian Division (category Infantry divisions of Canada)
(including the capture of Monchy-le-Preux) Battle of the Canal du Nord – 27 September – 1 October (including the capture of Bourlon Wood) Battle of Cambrai...
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John MacGregor (VC) (category Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
following deed during the Battle of the Canal du Nord took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. During the period 29 September/3 October 1918...
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50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF (category Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force)
Drocourt-Quéant where the 50th Battalion helped to defeat the German defensive line; the Battle of the Canal du Nord, where the Canadian Corps, with 50th...
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overcame the earthworks of the incomplete Canal du Nord during the Battle of Canal du Nord. In late September-early October, one of the epic battles of the whole...
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(1997). The Canadians at Cambrai and the Canal du Nord, August–September 1918. CEF Books. ISBN 978-1-896979-18-2. Clayton, Anthony (2003). Paths of Glory;...
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63rd (Royal Naval) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Days Offensive Battle of Albert (1918) Battle of Drocourt-Queant Battle of the Canal du Nord Battle of Cambrai (1918) Passage of the Grand Honelle 21...
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4th Canadian Division (category Military units and formations of the British Empire in World War II)
September Battle of the Canal du Nord 27 September – 1 October Battle of Valenciennes 1–2 November 1–2, (capture of Mont Houy) Passage of the Grande Honnelle...
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on to their next battle, the Battle of the Canal du Nord. The Canadian Dury Memorial commemorates the Canadian Corps attack on the Drocourt–Quéant Line...
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of Albert (1918) Battle of the Scarpe (1918) Battle of Havrincourt Battle of Saint-Mihiel Battle of Epéhy Battle of the Canal du Nord Fifth Battle of...
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11th (Northern) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
2–3 September Battles of the Hindenburg Line (in Canadian Corps, First Army) Battle of the Canal du Nord, 27 September–1 October Battle of Cambrai, 8–9...
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Canadian Corps (category Corps of the British Army)
Battle of the Somme: August 21 – September 2 Battle of the Canal du Nord: September 27 – October 1 (including the capture of Bourlon Wood) Battle of Cambrai:...
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Canadian Expeditionary Force (category Military history of Canada)
of disability. After extensive experience and success in battle from the Second Battle of Ypres, through the Somme and particularly in the Battle of Arras...
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impressed by the surprise achieved by the Canadian troops at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. This came to influence their planning in 1940. The Maginot line...
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James Ralston (category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia)
out of life in an instant". Returning to the front, Ralston was wounded again on 1 October, at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. For his part in the battle...
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recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during battle of the Canal du Nord during the First World War. Murray Calder - former Member of Parliament...
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