r_.._ King Unveils War./llemorial ForDominion ' Thousands of Veterans and Fanrilies Will See Ceremony (Dy CAPT. W. W. MURRAY. MO.) (Canadian Press Staff Writer.) RRAS, France. July 25 (CP). — A peacetime host of 6.000 Canadians converged today on this city and on Albert. 22 miles to the south. The pilgrimage of war veterans. their wives and chil- dren, widows, mothers and fathers of men who. 19 years ago, died to defend the things in which they believed. crossed the Atlantic prompted by a single purpose. PILGBIMS CONGIIEGATE. OMORROW they renew their hflml-Re to the memory oi young Canadians who. enduring hard- ship and suffering great agony. posed on. Special trains brought to. day's arrivals from Antwerp. Fol- lowing tours of adjacent battlefields by motor-coach. they will procaed to Lille tonight. returning tomorrow from the unveiling at 2.80 pm. of Can- ada's National Memorial on Vimy Ridge. This morning a second section of the pilgrims reached is Ham and were conveyed to Lille. from which point they visited places of interest near Ypnx and St. Eloi. This party reach Arms and Albzrt tonight. Performed on behalf oi Canada. the first public act of King Edward VII! since the full court-mourning period expired will be to unveil the Vimy Ridge Memorial. President Albert Lebrun of France will also be present. This afternoon Brig-Gen. Alex. Ross. Dominion President oi the Can- Idian Legion. and the official Legion party, were proceeding from Arr-as to Vaiencieri . forty-five miles away. to attend the ceremony of inaugural- named after Sergeant Hugh Calms. V.C. Hundreds of those here to witness tomorrow's ceremony took part in the historic battle of April 9. 1917. To them the story is old: but to many others Vimy was only a name. Now that they were on the ground they listened avidly as the survivors of Vimy rclived their role of those remote days. - "FIGHT FOR THE RIDGE." The Canadians came to Vimy from the Boshme in October. 1910. Within a few months vague rumors indicated a spring offensive. and these were confirmed when all the harblngers of attack began to flock into the villages of Artois. Behind the Canadian Corps front replicas of Vimy Ridge were marked out with tapes. over which battalions practiced for weeks. The preliminary bombardment which swept the enemy's earthworks and wire obstructions started late in March. The date for the offensive was set for Easter Monday. April 9. On Easter Sunday. following brief church parades. the attacking bat- talions swung cut of their billets and trudged to the preliminary assembly areas. There they were issued with battle equipment——shovels, sandbags. bombs and flares. The final "jumping—off" positions had already been reconnoitered. and at nightfall the assaulting troops were directed thither. For hours the men lay silently and patiently under a drinzltng rain. At 5.30 a.m. a thundering crush heralded the barrage. Countless brilliant flashes lit up the country. flickering and dancing across the sky as hundr ‘ of guns belched out the Nitrate. The infantry leaped from their positions, and the great assault Man From the German trenches rockets and flares were shot high in the air in frantic appeal in the artillery. Throbbing mine .xplosions shook the earth. their huge tongues of fliune rningluig with the flashes of shrapnel and high-explosive. Above the din rose the crackling of machine gun and rifle fire. The Canadian infantry ploughed through the chaos of No Man's Land and wept into M enemy trenches. Here was the one storied occasion. never to be repeated. when all four Canadian divisions fought in line. Pmln right to left. the let (Currie). the and (Burstall). the 3rd (Lipsett) and the 4th (Watson). swung nttsok—-the whole might of Canada. commanded by General Sir Julian Barns. plunlinl across Vimy Ridge. Ba-ndiidsed between the iird and dth Dividens. to take care of a gap which Ma’ operations would create. was the lath Brigade of the bth (Imper- lui Division. _ The lot. ind and 3rd Divisions made short work of resiatence: but the 4th Division. on the extreme left, en- into Canada's National Memorial 0 “Into Battle ” Walter S. Allward. Toronto architect. 1 - "CANADA PAYS HOMAGE TO HEROIC lemme. mo. in The - _ A Corner of a Foreign Field That Is Forever--Canada on Vimy Ridge was designed by Construction was begun in l 1924 on a site which marks the topmost line of the Ridge. Surround- ing the monument is a park of Canadian maple and fir. was presented to the Canadian people by the Government of France on April 0. 1917. had a great deal more to it than the assault of troom under a screen of ar- tillery flre. The staff work was as perfect as human intelligence could make it. Every emergency was pro- vided for. Here are some particulars for in- fantry battalions on that point: The attack was taken in four stages. and each projected advance was in- dicated on maps by lines of various colors. The first objective was the "Black Line": the second. the "Red Line": the third, the "Blue Line," and the fourth. the "Brown Line.“ The assaulting troops were divided into ‘waves.“ A wave consisted of two lines of men. extended to a distance of four or five yards from each other. The first line of the wave was nonnal- ly from 20 to 25 yards in advance of the second line. At Vimy Ridge the first line com- prised riflcmcn and bombers. the sec. Old line grenadisrs and Lewis gun- ners. This distribution was not, how- ever, arbitrary. The distance between waves was from 50 to 100 yards. 'MCDpers up" were troops who. fol- lowing the second wave. dealt with dug-cuts in which the enemy might still be lurking. thus permitting the assautlng waves to continue their ad- vace. Each wave had a definite objective alloted to it. _ Every article trocps were permitted to carry in the attack was spccifled in orders. which had to be rigidly adhered to, i In the hzvcrsack men were ordered to carry: One spare oil-tin (for the rifle). Iron rations—thes;- consisted of a small package containing one tin of bully beef. two "hard-tzlck" biscuits. a small big of sugar and one of ma. One field dressing. comprising an absorbent pad wrapped up in sterilized bandage. and apsmall bottle of iodine. Two Mills No. 5 bombs. Each rifieman carried 1'10 rounds of ammunition: two airplane flares. to be lit from the ground at the various objectives to indicate their position to the airmen: two sandbags: eirtm rations for twenty-four hours—(bully beef and hard-tack); one fined water- bottle. A total of 32 heavy wire~t-utters were issued to each ba.ta.lion. Picks and shovels were carried by most of the personnel. Twelve "SO S." flare signals were carried by each company. Two "battle fhgs" were carried by each platoon. They were not to be stuck in the ground. but were to be waved over the head to indicate to artillery observers the position of the advance troops. Battalion escorts for prisoners-ob war were not to exceed 10 per cent. of the number of prisoners. This duty was usually performed by slightly wounded men. returning to the first aid poets. Officers and men were strictly for- bidden to carry any letters. papers. orders or sketches which. in the event of their capture. might be of use to the enemy. ‘ came ditched before they debauched from Thelus. The Pimple continued to be the scene of bitter fighting: but dark- ness fell with that position s'.ill held by the Germans The victory. however, was almost complete it was clear the Pimpls would yield only to an assault pre- THE STORMING of Vimy Ridge countered a cult situation. The ceded by a heavy bombardment: and Pimvk. - h mound honevcombed for two am the matter rested. But With -uuuarranean tunnels. was Q at ii a.m. on April 12 the 4th Di- “"1! v'ision.sgaln attacked. This time trap. Meanwhile the early morning rain had turned into snow fiurries. M the first objectives the Can- they made no doubt of success. The operation was completely uccessful. and the whole of Vimy Ridge was Idisns halted and dug in The at- now in possession of the Canadians. ‘Col want on. With ‘-' like mm the vast wave swept over. .1‘ bnwoflths advance where the oth- . were now em. of range of mu fawn bar- WELL DONE! fill. The light may fit storming of Vimy Ridge salience fa-um. from nu mat of by th Canadians in April ‘htfideosbownoiriunoloouu ° ' in u ,5. ha of W ‘Yuan’;-any 1017. evoked messages of Canadian. admiration and. congratulation ACIOII ‘I'll PLAIN. Run the British Empire and the ‘lbs vista was one of peaoeftil-loom |m,0¢. .|'|3"°Y||- “"539 °°'‘‘' '50 '|ll:'¢Is surrounded 3- green Inunleations were rounded off :. “¢'3' I Irbobem. from whole gt’ an mm"! "am we mg? Ibffansy .. mu,“ do“, ,1 V George V. which was rea . the far borfson. of rail- ‘M rink-= g VIII our which trains were travsl- “The whole Empire will re- line. the roads and mm the Join at the news of yesterday's “Ill! he were re- luoosmfui . operations. Canada - will be proud that the mung l flvalry patrols pushed in» of the coveted Vimy Ridge has ‘ “ Nlrowb the troops forming fallen to lot of her troops 5 ‘ill and man I no "I bear y congratulate an; who bsvsuiasen can-tin this: I. H...” ... ..l.-..-........-_ --- achievement.—A.P. Photo. The land as a. gesture of homage to the memory of Canadian sacrifice and Outstanding Exploits of Canadian Corps (Canadian Press Staff Writer.) -T 0 Action Near Lens One of (By CAPT. W. W. MURRAY. MC.) ‘ Hill 70 Currie’s First “Show” On Assuming Corps Command Succeeded Byng Three miles north of here is the locale of one of the most glit- tering victories won by the Canadians during the war. The ac- tion at Hill 70 does not loom large in the broad perspective of , but it means a great deal to veterans of the Canadian Corps. in the first place. Hill 70. fought in the morning of Aug. 15. 1917. with an aftermath spread over several more days was the first "show" direc- ted by the late Sir Arthur Currie as Commander of the Canadian Corps. Sir Arthur had succeeded Sir Julian Byng_ the victor of Vimy Ridge. in the month of June. As a result of the promotion. Brigadier-General A. C. Macdonell was moved up from com- mand of the 7th Brigade to that of the lst Canadian Division. in the second place. Hill '10 was a spot where the Germans. attested in their own official reports, suffered a greater proportion of casualties. having regard to the number of men cyngaged, than anywhere else in the 'ar. British Failed. Two years previously. during the Battle of Loos, in September, 1915, the British had attempted to capture um 70, but had failed. The hill itself was a gently sloping and inconspicuous ridge from whose crest-line one beheld the whole panorama of that flat and crowded country north and northeast of lens. I ENS. FRANCE, July 25 (OP)-— LIEUT.-GEN. SIR ARTHUR W. CURRIE. Who followed Lord Byng in command of the Canadian Corps. At Vimy Sir Arthur commanded the let Canadian Division. He died in 1933. AMONG CANADIAN HEROES. Thirty-five of the sixty-one Ca- nadian Corps winners of the Victoria Cross were not born in Canada. Six- teen were born in England. ten in Scotland. five in Ireland. four in the United States. one each in Russia and Denmark. .___m__¢__¢____. I \ -1 DEAD ATEVIMY _.___.._._._J RIDG .u Pita.) . Memorial Facts ANADIAN Memorial on Vimy { Ridge, designed by Walter B. Allward. architect. of Toronto. and in course of construction for twelve years. Work performed under direction of the Canadian Battlefields Memorials r‘ ' . of which Major-General B. C. Mewbum. Hamilton, is Chair- man. Unveillng at 3.12 p.m.. July 28. by King Edward VIII. Pilgrimage of approximately 8.000 Canadian war veterans and others to Vimy Ridge organized by the Cana- dian Legion of the British Empire Service League. and directed by the National Vimy Pilgrimage Committee composed of representatives of national veterans’ organizations. Canadian official representatives: Hon. Ernest La.pol.rite. Minister of Justice; Hon. ' Ian A. Mackenzie, Minister of National Defense: Hon. 0. Cl. Power. Minister of Pensions. Guests of Canada—Right Hon. sir Robert and Lady Borden. Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Parley, Sir Eugene Fiset. Wartime Deputy Minis- her of National Defense; Lady Byng. widow of the victor of Vimy; arid [lady Currie. widow of sir Arthur. Arrangements made by Hon. Philip- pe Roy. Canadian Minister in Paris, and staff of the Canadian Legation. Representative of l’ra.nce—President . Albert Lebrun ‘ Guard of l-1onor—-Bluejackets from H. M. C. S. saguenay. Civilian Guard of Honor—One hundred Canadian war veterans from the Pilgrimage party. Brass band from the Royal Cana- dian Horse Artillery. Pipe band selected from various Highland regiments of Canadian mili- a. Bugle band from Canadian Penna- nent Force. Drummers from 48th Highlanders of Toronto. Chaplains-—One Anglican. one United Church of Canada and one Roman Catholic. Mllllnli villages. some of considerable size. sprawled nil over the place. Winglcs with its towers which for years defied every battery of every division of the Britlsh Army to de- molisli. Hulluch. L-a Barsee. Provin. Point-a-Vcndin. Meurchln and Car- vln were the chief towns which stood out from among the clustering “cor-one." The read from hens in Carvin ran in a straight line for six miles. fl0|‘l»h0RSI€|‘1y. It played a unique part in the German schcxne of things at Hi‘l 70. The battle itsell reflected the thoroughness of Canadian pmpnm- tion. For nearly a month prior to the action. the whole situation was studied Valenciennes 25 (C13). — Today an aged mother and father from far- away Saskatoon will stand in the Hotel de ville at valenclennes and listen to words uttered in a foreign tongue. praising the greiiincss and the bravery of their dead son. Mr. and Mrs. George Cairns. residents of that Saskatchewan city for up- VAL!-INCIENNES, France. July Aug. 15. the barrage crashed down on we sergeant months ago this outstandin role played by the young Canadian sergeant in the liberation of perpetuating his memory. name one of the principal streets of Valanciennes in his honor. The synchronize with the vllsrunase of Canadian serv‘:zmen and others to Vimy Ridge. Reacting warmly to the distinc- tion, the citizens of Saskatoon en- sured that the ceremony should be graced by the presence of the parents who bore the dead hero. They. therefore. made it possible for the aged couple to join the pilgrimage. Brig.-Gen. Alex. Ross, Dominion E E 3 E? 32.5% spicucus white horas. wss_ ed into action. when they mi in the artillery ,mnst completely annihilated. l Hill ‘I0 was the centre of efforts to retake the ridls lax, l91l.bu1 all attempts down W lb inhffly I afternoon in take part in the cere- E E3 many. miles from here. Instrumental § some time ago Mr. E5 city. inssd a that the citizens. havinfl 59°03“-‘ appraised after many years of the of the city. were desirous In a gracious gesture they decided to formal ‘rechristening was made to President of the Canadian Legion. and members of the official Legion party were coming from Arras this Arras is about forty-two in promoting the idea was Gabriel Pierard of this Pierard llcohmidsalifigwlfhihslhg-| Pays Homage To Memoryo f Canadian V. C. liberation of Valencienrics.- The material was extracted and trans- lated from a well-known Canadian war history treating of the last hundred days of the Great War. Relating the Battle of Mount Houy on Nov. 1. 1018. which re- suited in the capture of Valen- ciennes. and the part of the Fourth Canadian Division in that engage- by officers and n.c.o.‘s. All possible wards of 25 merit. Mr. Ple- Doims of resistance were marked down years, hold rm-d noted the "" d'5"'“°”°"- ithe place of deeds perform- A Blue struule. Ihonor. ed on that day The capture of the ridge was ep. Valencienncs by Sergeant trusted to the two veteran divisions is paying hom- Cairns in the of the Corps—the lst. on the left. and age this uf!cr- streets of Mar- the M. on the Ham. in the grey noon to the‘ ly. a suburb of "K3999 '3 ‘-35 9“ ‘'59 momins Of memory of the the city. Iri a footnote to ‘M °°"'““‘ ‘°'°"°°‘» "*4 “W 10- H h Calms that tectio h lint?! "went over." From the begin- "3 "' . n 8 ning titre enault was a brilliant suc- cf,’f,,df,§‘,f f?>m:.cl1iI:nriee9gtl‘e°clt %.,e',',..,',"“°,,"“‘,_,,'e"',‘.‘m',’.’ “'3, “f,‘,‘“,‘,‘,'; Battalion. by the city of gm“; ' ,1mu)m,,,_.ou5b', by . It became D M” (mono: CAIRNS any act of ap. pnmlqn mmgm .4“,-.3; gh. gm. known some ME AN - - preciation to- ward the me- mory of this gallant youth. Cities. he said, were wont to name their streets after obscure politicians: surely it would not be amiss for Valenciennes or Marly to select some thoroughfare and rechristen it after the Canadian sergeant who gave his life in the deliverance of the city. In due course the brochure reach- ed Canada. and at once its readers were selsnd with the significance of Mr. Plerar-d's suggestion. It was taken up with the Canadian Legion. and General Ross communicated with Ron. Philippe Roy. Canadian in Paris. He informed Mr. Boy that Canadian servicemen would View with utmost pride and satisfaction any effort on the part of Valenciennu to implement the idea promoted by Mr. Pierard. The Canadian diplomat trans- mitted the communication through the proper channels. and the Municipal I‘ hell of Valenciennes recently adopted the proposal unanimously. ' The stl-eet.selected was l'Avenue de la Tourelle. which runs from andllountflouy. Battle Scars Arellealedon Quiet Somme Pilgrims Recall Scenes of Great Triumph and of Sorrow A (CP). -— In spite of crowded hours today many Canadian pilgrims found time to visit the Somme Battlefields, the portal to which is this restored town of Albert. The Canadians were well acquainted with the crumbling ruins of 1916; but today they saw a town from which most of the scars of war have been erased. COURCELETTE. The Mecca of the Canadian pilgrims in this neighborhood was Couroelette. Old soldiers, remembering "the jagged rubble-heap of La Bol§el1e." three miles up the Bapauana Road. saw again in their mind's eye the mine crater again ghastly with protnidlng limbs of dead men. the shell—pitfed road to Contaimaison, and the pock- marked flank of Pczieres Ridge. On the crest of this eminence the Cana- dians relieved the Australians on the last day of August. 1916. AlTi.Vl.ns from Ypres Salient. where for many months they had accustomed them- selves to being over-looked by the enemy on the ridges above, they ac- cepted with manifest pleasure a situa- tion which enabled thorn to see the enemy's back country, to look down on the valley of the Andre River and count their own shells bursting in Cmindoourt and Mir ‘ LBERT, France, July 25 Viclor of Vimy Imiu. Men Who Won‘ Mons Greets City Freedom Liberated by Canadians, Belgians Recall Last Bloodless Pursuit ONS. Belgium, July 25 (CP).—This historic 1 4 city was host today to about 200 Canadian pilgrims, who came’ from Antwerp this morning to accept the hospi- tality of the Burgomaster and citizens for a few hours. Later LIEUT.-GEN. SIR JULIAN BYNO. On Sept. 9. 1916, came their first attack on the Somme. the capture in daylight, withouit preliminary bom- bardment, of the last remaining por- tion of Pozleres Ridge held by the enemy. This paved the way for the Battle of Cou.rcelette_ six days later. The sunken roads of Courelette to- day were no longer poisonous with the stench of fly-blown corpses. nor were there shell holes on whose water- logged surface floated a green scum. The little cardboard signposts which the Road" have long since from the route that used to lead past the Sugar Refinery. across Candy Trench and into the village. But'one could still establish time and pla.ce—even if with some dimculty around the Fabeck Graben, Mouquet Farm, Thiepval. Hessian. Kevriora and Regina Trcnchu. The natimial memorial at Cou.r- oelette is a simple slab. standing in its own park amid beautiful surround- ings. encouraging forgetfillriess of the horrors of the Somme and stimulat- ing only a memory of great-hearted. cheerful and intrepid Oanadiam youths who offered all they pomessed for an ideal. GEBMANTS BLACK DAY. The Amiens battlefields were not neglected. for at Le Quesnel, sixteen rnilm southeast of Arniens on the Rove Road. stands the most souther- ly of the Canadian memorials. in de- sign and general lay-out not greatly different from those at Courcelette. Dury. Bourlon and Passcliendaele. Tile pilgrims re-told the incidents of Aug. 8. 1919. In the misty dawn on “The Eighth of brie Eighth" the Cariadlaris attacked. they captured Domuln. Aubercourf-. and Marcclmve. Wiencourt. Cayeux. and lgnaucourt fell before them. Be- fore miclday the victorious Canadians were in pdssession of Caix and Beau- oourt. near the northern and south- ern extremity of their advance. They had penetrated more then seven miles. and next day they pushed forward an rtlmost equal distance. Before the Amlens fighting slowed up. they had established themselves close to the outskirts of Raye. "THE HANGING VIRGIN." Stories of these spacious days were told and retold today as the pilgrims radiated from Albert to dwell for a brief space in the valley of their re- ceeding youth. They remembered the "Hanging Virgin" and its legend. In the war days German shells had wrecked havoc on the famous church. toppling from its steeple the Virgin. holding aloft the Christ-child. The figures did not fall. but leaned out over the street at a direct right angle. Fertile minds. on all fours with those who had seen the "Angels of Mona." concocted the legend that "when the Hanging Virgin falls" the war will end." Coincidence operated to the fulfilment of the "prophecy." In 1910 Albert fell into German hands. but in the ensuing British of- fensive a shell from a British battery hit the church steeple. and sent the figures crashing to the ground. Within three months the war was ended. Homage to Poilus On Lorette Ridge snncher. France. July 24 (GP)---A tribute from the war veterans of Can- mg or the memory of Franco‘: and who gave their lives in the liberation of this portion ..of Arlois will be P310 Sunday by General Alex. Ross. Do- minion r-resident of the Canadian Legion. After the unveiling of the Canadian memorial on Vimy RN89- Generaliuiawillplacenwreathon the lrremh memorial on Lorene Rifle. This is one of the amt beautiful erected by the Republic to the memory of the war dead. In the design of H lighthouse. it flashes its message every ——-for the feats of incredible bravery spa in their stride “-9 f‘ ‘ of the 1‘ Corps at Vimy Ridge. In recognition of the victory he later chose the title "Enron Byng of Vlmy." He died in 1935. Veterans Visit Former Billets Arras, France. July 25 (CP).—A.l- termative programs were set before the hundreds of Canadian pilgrims .ln the day they continue to Valenclennes, 20 miles west across the French frontier. There they will attend the ceremonies attendant upon the inauguration of “l’Avenue Sergent Cairns." PRESENT BADGES. pilgrims were a small portion of the 8.000 veterans of the Great War, their wives. dependents and the next-of-kin of Canadian soldiers who died in that conflict. They have come from Canada to at- tend the unveiling of the national memorial on Vimy Ridge tomorrow. In a gesture of friendship to 'his city. four frames containing the badges of all the Canadian units who served in France and Belgium were being pruented to the Mons War Museum. These were the work of B. Turner. I‘ “ of Customs at Goderich. Ont. FIRST BATTLE OF MONS. No city in Belgium can overshadow the distinction which Mons enjoys. It was here the British Army began the war, and here the Canadian Corpa ended it. About three miles north- east of Meals. on the highway to‘ Brussels. is the Village of Casteau, fated to gain immortality by reason of the fact that in the twilight of Aug. 22. 1914. a troop of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards encountered and routed a detachment of German cuirasiers. This was the initial clash of the war so far as the British Army was concerned. The first shot was fired by Band Corporal Charles arriving here today for the unveiling Sunday on Vimy Ridge of Canada's Nmlonlal Memorial. The visitors from overseas had the option of riding the afternoon on a "battle- field drive" by motor coach. or of visiting the rearward areas. where. twenty years ago, many of them were wont to billet. Some elected the former. their route taking them from Arras via Dury to Cambrai. a distance of twen- ty-two miles. Following a sightsee- ing tou.r of the last-named city, they were scheduled to return by way of the Bapaume Road. to F‘ontaine- Notre-Dame and Bourlon, visiting the areas made famous when the Cana- dians stormed the Canal du Nord on Sept. 27. 1918. The program then called for a drive southwesterly. down the Ba- paurne Road to Le Bars, Cc-ureelette. Pozleres and Albert. intimately con- nectcd with Canadian fighting in the late fall of 1916. Others elected the “billetlng drive" and reacqualn-ted themselvm with Mornt. St. E110. Carnblain l’Abbe, which Canadian C01’?! Hefidquflflfifl during the bottle of Vimy Ridge. 3- tree Co.uchee_ Rebreuve, and Rianchi- court — headquarters of the First Army. within which the Canadians operated at Vimy—Bruay. Bethune. Bully Brenay. Aix Noulette and souchez. All are places where the Canadians lived. and moved. and had their being two decades ago. Ari-as itself presents an aspect to- tally dlflerent from that which the Canadians viewed in 191'! and 1918. Like other towns of Northern France it has been complete‘, rebuilt. its broad bouleverdes and si>BC10\l3 squares have banished the external veetigu of war. The city is the gate- way to those battlefields and came- eflart in the last Hundred DJY5» Pals of War Hero To Present Plaque Former comrades of the late ser- geant Hugh Cairns. V.C.. who served with him in the unit he originally joined, the fibth Battalion. linked up with residents of Saskatoon in sub- scribing for a bronze plaque which will be presented to the Mayor of Va‘ ciennes by Tom Mlches and H. Bcdfcrd. President and Secretary. 1'9“ spcctlvrly, of the 65th Battalion As- sociailon. The plaque will be erected in the street in Valenciennes named or Srgeant Calms. ‘ _,__.__ TOTAL of 97.134 officers E l A and men. forming the four .) <“"**°w'. "2; °*::*‘.‘il:: ; corps. took 0 9 3 V of Vimy Ridge. on April 9. 1917. Attached to the corps was the liih (Imperial) Division. of which the 13th infantry Brigade attacked with the Canadian troops near the centre of the line. .-~ During the preliminary bom- bardment a total of 553.000 shells. weighing 18.01!) tons. was expended. Oritbsdayofthsattacksaa field. heavy and sings guns fired 211.000 sheila flight for a radius of many miles over Northern France. illurnin-g the graves of 35.000 French soldiers interred» in the surrounding cemeteries. More than 100.000 poilus gave their lives on Loretta Ridge during the lighting of‘ 1914 and i9l5—a series of engagement: known to the French as the "Twelve-months Battle." On June 1!‘. i921. the foundation of the new memorial church and its lighthouse was laid Marshal Petaln. Four years later. on Aug. 1. 1025. the monument was formally than Prime Minister of France. toburn I inaugurated by the late M. Painl;ve.' he ' to th I h 1 near the centre of the city toward ii:?io.mai:e.: wiienn ifguwdrev:irvi:;?$:: lnasonttmed nidltusd Canadian casualties for the second was of April. 1917. . numbered ILUI ofllcers and otherranlI,kmed.wbunded and missing. Canadian captures included more than 4.000 prisoners: 54 light and heavy guns: 101 trench-mortars. and 12! machine Geri-nan losses on the cans- dian front were not recorclscl but one division lost 3.133 all ranks during the operation, and another 8.473. The O frontage wen 1.000 nrds. teries which recall forcibly Canadian‘ _:_:__m TASK AND TOLL (,0: Thomas of that regiment when fol- lowing the charge. he and other merri.ben of his squardrorn covered the withdrawal of the troop. The Battle of Mona opened the next day. Aug. 23. The place in Imperial history of the British Anny‘: retreat from Mom has long been as- sured. Eo also is the recovery of the city by the Canadians after more than four years of occupation by the Germans. “CANADIANS LIBEBATE CITY." The Battle of Mons. which opened next day. and the retreat of the Brit- ish Army before overwhelming forces of the enemy have now passed into history. so also has the recovery of Mons. after more than four years of occupation by the Germans. Its deliverance was the last notable act of the Canadian Corps. which. commencing an advance east of Arms on Aug. 28. 1918, fought some of the costliest battles of the war on its way to Mons. Arras—the Drocourt-Que- anb—-the Canal du Nord—Carnbr-ai, each one with its customary prelimi- naries and its customary aftermath. were landmarks in the Canadian drive during the last 100 days of conflict. Forty-seven German division failed to stem the onrush of the four Canadian divisions. The prospect of liberating Mons held no sentimental appeal for Cana- dians-it was merely in the path of their advance, an advance which the higher command insisted must be re- lentlessly pushed. In the evening of Nov. 10. 1918. the 'lth Canadian Infantry Brigade. com- prising the Royal Canadian Regiment. the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light infantry. the 42nd Royal Highlanders of Canada and the 49th Edmonton Battalion. were encircling Mnns from the north, the west and the south. The Canadians. taught by the ex- periences of the past few weeks. ap- preciated that before morning the Germans would have evacuated the town. so. with a view to avoiding .casualties. they waited on the out- skirts. _ H A few minutes before midnight. 'D Company of the 42nd. commanded by Captain W. A. Graffey. M.C.. of '\i0i1t- real. filed furtivcly into the oily. Like wraiths they flitted through the dark. silent streets. other companies of the battalion followed. while the Pa- iricia's also cffccicd n bloodless entry 1 from the south Dawn found the Ca- inadlan units beyond the eastern cut- skiris, still cautiously pursuing the re- tiring enemy. ' Thl.-y had not far to advance. for later in the morning the incredible news was received that the war would end nt 11 o'clock that day. And at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day Great War was brought to a close. "A canal-‘U1. none.“ Mons has al been grateful to Canada. and close to its civic heart the mem of O cial section to the Canadian corps. Bore may be seen historic articles of equipment»-the gun which fired the list shot of the war. souvenirs 0! adjacent httlefields. badges and guidous of Canadian units. Ivory year on Armistice Day the Maya of Ions transmits a fellcltous communication to Major-General sir F. 0 W. Ioanis. who commanded the 3rd Canadian Division. in it is mani- fested the fact that the citlaens of Mona keep green the memory of the Canadian Corps. and that the chapter which Canada wrote into the cen- will never fade from the p_I¢€- Sixty-one Won V.C. — o ounds. full w : Ontario, 10'. Que- ueo.s;f:f.:vagct:tla.8;Nawl!runsi' wit. l;_ lsarflobt. the eleventh month of H318 turies-old history Of Mons is one that —