I / Gourcelette n SecteiEber 15th Hill U5. April 10th

At 6:20 a»m. six battalions of the Captured by the Fourth Division. Second and Third Divisions attacked and captured , The The Fimple. April 3,;gtn operation was brilliantly successful and in the afternoon the Canadian Captur-ed by the Fourth Division. line was still farther advanced. Troops engaged:- First, Second, Third and Fourth Divisions. Fabeck Graben. September 15th Casualties: Officers 266, other ranks 9,700, Captured by the Third Division. Viny—Thelus, Trench Systems, Zollern Graben. Sgpteaber l6th Apyil ;^grd

Inconclusive fighting. The attack continued by the First and Second Divisions with local Zollern, Hessian and Kenora Trenches successes, September 26t,h Ayleipc. April 23th Successful attack by the First and Second Division, Captured by the Jtirst Division.

Rcdna Trench. Uctober-Novanber Fresnoy. May 3rd

The scene of some of the bloodiest Captured by the Firet and oecond fighting of the v;a,r. iiegina Xrench Divisions. 'f-'^ally captured by the Fourtii D.i vi• Prisoners and material captured: sion on November 11th, during April and May, the Canadian Corps captured nine villages, over Desire Trench. Noyeniber 18th 5,000 prisoners, 64 field guns and hoKit":erc, .106 trench mortars and Captured by the Fourth Division. 126 machine guns. The final Canadian action on the SoKEiie. Messines. June 7th,i 1918 Casualtiess 21,179. i-tisioners captured: 3,000, A great proportion of the effective raininc; and tunnelling which rendered Longasvesnes, ideraiaont, liquancourt possible the capture of the Messine- March 26. 2&. 1917 Wytschaete Ridge by the Second Ariuy was carried out by the Canadian These three villates were captured Tunnelling Ccsnsanies and Engineers. by the Cana^lian Cavalry Brigade attached to XV Corps. Lens. August. 1917

Viller^ Faxon. Saulcourt. Guyencourt The Canadian Corps advancing towards lens, Cavalry operations continued. Three more villages successfully occupied. Avion and La Coulette. Au;mst 1st Troops engaged: Canadian Cavalry i^ii^ade, R.C.H.A. Captured by the Fourth Canadian Casualties: approxjnately 60 in all ranlcs. Division.

Vimy Ridge. April 9th. 1917 Hill 70. Au;:ust 15th

The enemy considered this position Captured by the First and Second impregnable. It was captured by the Divisions, Canadian Corps in one of the most carefully conceived and brilliantly executed enter• prises of the war. Cite St. Au,a;uste Villers-Bretonneux. Clery Chalk Rlt Green Grassier The action of the 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade at Villers-Bretonneux Troops engaged: First, Second and on l-Larch 26th-31st made possible the Fourth Divisions, maintenance of that line of defence. Prisoners captured: 1,400 Casualties: 29 officers, 1,000 other ranks. Cas'-3..ities: 6,136, Tne advance towards Lens was , iju.cust 17-18. 1918 continued on the 23rd, 25th and 26th by the Third and i'burth Divisions, The Canadian Corps held the approximate Casualties: 2,962. centre of the British battle front between the and the Ancre, In this successful Passchendaele. ^October-November, 1917 action the enemy was driven back over fourteen miles, and the danger to Amiens This operation was carried out in four finally averted. distinct phases, resulting in the capture Casualties: 7,763, of every objective. Troops engaged: The Canadian Corps, to Casualties: 14,B67. v/hlch uere attached the Third Cavalry Troops engaged: First, oecond. Third and Division and the 4th Tank Brigade. Fourth Divisions. Prisoners captizred: 12,000. Prisoners captured: l-M. officers, 1,148 Material captured: l£?5 heavy guns, 1,000 other ranks. machine guns and 125 trench motars.

Gambrai. Movember 2Qth, 1917 Arras. August 26 to September 4. 1916

At this point, a p..juadrf)n of the Canadian In this action the Canadian Corps broke Cavalry Brigade penetrated the German the Drocourt-Queant 3d.ne and advanced line and advi-nced towards Rumily and to the Canal Du Nord, capturing some Gaiabrai, fifty S'juare miles of territory. Casualties: 100 Approidjnr..tely, Casualties: Approximately 11,500. Troops engaged: Fort Garry Horse, Prisoners captm^ed: 10,200. Prisoners captured: W. Troop", enq,i^ed.'- Canadian Corps Material captured: 100 heavy guns, 1,100 Villers-Guislaing, December. 191? machine guns find 75 trench mortars.

Durin,; December the Canadian Cavalry Brigade Cambrai. :3eptei?.ber 27 to October 9. 1918 assisted in the attack on Villers-Gaislains and Bois Gauche, Carabrai was captured by the Canadian Corps Casualties: Officers 10, other ranks ?!5, on October 9. Casualties: Approximately 18,000. froops engaged: The Canadian Corps to wliich The Geririan Offensive of Fiarch and April the Eleventh British Division and units 1918: The Defence of Amiens, Conde-Pas of the Fifty-Sixth British Division were Defence Line attached. Prisoners captured: 7,200, Here Canadian Railway Troops took an active fiaterial captured: 205 heavj^ guns, 1,000 part in the resistance to the German advance. iflachine ,guns and 30 trench mortars. Casualties: Ab^roximately 350, Le Gateau. October 9, 1918 Bois Moreuil, Rifle Wood, , Villers-Bretonneux Captured by the Canadian Cava3jy Brigade, Casualties: Approximately 150. The fightin;; oi" the Canadian Cavalry Brigade frisoners captured: 400 materially assisted the check to the German Material captured: 5 heavy guns, 5 trench advance before Amiens. mortars and 102 machine ^ouis. Casualties: Over 900, I¥isoners and material captured: 200 prisoners and 27 machine guns. Captured by the Fourth Division on October The most notable engagetrents 20th. fought by the Canadian Corps are: Valenciennes Ypres 1915 Captured by the Fourth Division on November St. Eloi 1916 2nd, Sanctuary vi'ood ...... I9I6 The Sosnme I9I6 Casualties: 1,000. Vimy Ridge I917 i^isoners captured: 1,500 Passchendaele 1917 Lens 1917 Hons Cambrai 1917 Amiens I9I8 • Captured by the Third Division on November Arras 1918 nth. Cambrai 1918 Casualties: 75 Valenciennes ...... 1918 ft:isoners: 100 Mons 191s

SroiMARY OF F4CTS QO'imillQ THE CMkDim CORPS,

The total of the most notable capturers include:

Prisoners 45,000 Artillery, guns 850 I"iachine Guns 4,200

The advances made by the Canadian Corns resulted in:

Cities, towns and villages recaptured 130 French and Belgian civilian population liberated ..... 310,000 Square miles of allied ter• ritory reclaimed 550

Casualties in the Canadian Forces during the war total 213,268

The above total may be classified as follovj^s: Killed in action 35,128 Died of wounds 12,048 Died of disease 3,409 Presumed dead 4,620 Missing 842

Total 56,047 Wounded 154,361 Prisoners of war 2,860

Total casualties 213,268