2nd Bn. CEF- Friday, August 9, 1918
Orders were received at 4:00am for the Battalion to take up fresh assembly positions. For these, the Battalion moved off at 8:00am and later in the day, leap-frogged and attacked Beaufort and Rouvroy-en-Santerre. The two villages were taken after stiff fighting.
Image: Canadians clearing dug-outs. Battle of Amiens. 9 August, 1918, Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.