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About this blog

Note: This blog was formerly maintained under topic Canadian Field Artillery - 61st Battery 14th Brigade, begun by Steve Bodie on 20 April 2009.

The last post in the former topic was on 12 February 2018.

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Saturday, 2nd November 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 87

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue 61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery     Images today may be viewed on my YouTube and FaceBook accounts:   https://www.facebook.com/edward.walshe.566/videos/372374390176145/

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Friday, 1st November 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 86

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lt Virtue 61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   55th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Images today may be viewed on my YouTube and FaceBook accounts:        

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Tuesday, 29th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 83

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: Canada's Hundred Days - 83. Troops of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division relieve the British 51st Division in front of Mont Houy, between the la Rhonelle River and the Canal de l'Escaut.  Meanwhile, French troops launch a successful attack on a 12-kilometer front northwest of Château Porcien, 29th October 1918. Imperial War Museum photos captured Tuesday, 29th October 1918. Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artiller

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Monday, 28th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 82

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: Canada's Hundred Days - 82. The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division takes over some of the 4th Division's front, while French troops are involved in heavy fighting in taking the village of Verly. American troops face a similar fight around the village of Grand Pré, Monday, 28th October 1918. The 47th Division of the British Army, with General William Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, enter Lille.  In the grandstand is the British Secretary of State f

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Sunday, 27th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 81

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: Canada's Hundred Days - 81. A German attack northwest of the town Le Quesnoy is fended off, while French troops are in pursuit of German troops on the Serre-Oise salient. American troops capture Belleu Woods, on the east bank of the Meuse river. The German government agrees to American President Woodrow Wilson's latest peace demands, Sunday, 27th October 1918. Victoria Cross recipient:  Major William G. Barker M.C., D.S.O., I.C.V. - No. 139 Squadron, Royal Air

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Saturday, 26th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 80

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: Canada's Hundred Days - 80.   Erich Lundendorff, First Quartermaster General of the German army, resigns under pressure from Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor and Commander-in-Chief of the German armed forces, Saturday, 26th October 1918.   In the early days of October, residents are encouraged to leave the town of Tournai by their occupiers - the Germans are clearly expecting a pounding and refugees are now entering the British lines. Imperial War Museum p

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Friday, 25th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 79

100 YEARS AGO TODAY: Canada's Hundred Days - 79.   The Battle of the Selle, begun October 17 and involving the British First, Third and Fourth Armies as well as the Second American Corps, comes to an end, Friday, 25th October 1918. From 14th October 1914 to 19th October 1918, Bruges was occupied by the Germans, with Admiral von Schroeder as Military Governor.  After stripping the town of everything that could be carried off, and blowing up the bridges, the enemy left the town.  Fo

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Thursday, 24th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 78

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty   Gunner Bertram Cox   A video of today's photos are to be found on my FaceBook page:https://www.facebook.com/edward.walshe.566/videos/367598967320354/  

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Wednesday, 23rd October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 77

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty   A video of today's photos are to be found on my FaceBook page:https://www.facebook.com/edward.walshe.566/videos/367230594023858/    

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Tuesday, 22nd October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 76

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty   Today's photos are to be found on my FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/edward.walshe.566/posts/366692280744356    

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Monday, 21st October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 75

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty   Today's photos are to be found on my FaceBook page:https://www.facebook.com/edward.walshe.566/posts/366322857447965  

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Sunday, 20th October 1918 - Canada's Hundred Days - 74

Library and Archives Canada   61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery   Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty   Today's photos are to be found on my FaceBook page:https://www.facebook.com/edward.walshe.566/posts/365746367505614    

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