War Diaries – 2nd Bn. CEF

2nd Bn, CEF-Wednesday, October 23, 1918

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In accordance with instructions from Brigade the Battalion moved from billets in Grand Bray at 0845 hours to billets in Rieulay, arriving at 1245 hours. Weather: Fair.

Image: Elaborate Ferro concrete trap erected by Germans in Pronville to arrest the advance of Tanks. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918, Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.

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