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History, Reference, Research, and GrogTalk => Military (and other) History => Topic started by: Shelldrake on May 14, 2015, 08:09:38 AM

Title: Canadian soldiers laid to rest in France
Post by: Shelldrake on May 14, 2015, 08:09:38 AM
The remains of 8 Canadian soldiers who were killed 11 August 1918 and belonged to Winnipeg's 78th Battalion were interred at the Caix British Cemetery yesterday.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1996163/8-winnipeg-soldiers-killed-in-first-world-war-buried-in-france/ (http://globalnews.ca/news/1996163/8-winnipeg-soldiers-killed-in-first-world-war-buried-in-france/)
Title: Re: Canadian soldiers laid to rest in France
Post by: Centurion40 on May 14, 2015, 11:27:32 AM
Wow.  After all these years.

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The battle for Hallu was part of the larger Battle of Amiens launched on Aug. 8, 2014.

The editor should have caught that date typo!!