List of Canadian battles during the First World War
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List of Canadian battles during the First World War in which the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated:
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[edit] France and Flanders
| Campaign | Battle | Date |
|---|---|---|
| None | Battle of Neuve Chapelle | 10 March 1915 |
| None | Action of St. Eloi | 14-15 March 1915 |
| Second Battle of Ypres | Battle of Gravenstafel | 22–23 April 1915 |
| Battle of St. Julien | 24 April - 4 May 1915 | |
| Battle of Frezenberg | 8 -13 May 1915 | |
| Battle of Bellewaerde Ridge | 24–25 May 1915 | |
| Second Battle of Artois | Battle of Aubers Ridge | 9 May 1915 |
| Battle of Festubert | 15-27 May 1915 | |
| Second Action at Givenchy | 15-16 May 1915 | |
| Third Battle of Artois | Battle of Loos | 25 September - 8 October 1915 |
| Action of Bois Grenier | 25 September 1915 | |
| Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | 13-19 October 1915 | |
| None | Actions of St. Eloi Craters | 27 March – 16 April 1916 |
| None | Battle of Mont Sorrel | 2 - 13 June 1916 |
| Battle of the Somme | Battle of Albert (1916) | 1 -13 July 1916 |
| Battle of Bazentin Ridge | 14 - 17 July 1916 | |
| Battle of Fromelles | 19 July 1916 | |
| Attacks on High Wood | 20 - 25 July 1916 | |
| Battle of Pozières | 1 - 3 September 1916 | |
| Battle of Guillemont | 3 - 6 September 1916 | |
| Battle of Ginchy | 9 September 1916 | |
| Battle of Flers-Courcelette | 15–22 September 1916 | |
| Battle of Thiepval Ridge | 26–29 September 1916 | |
| Battle of Le Transloy | 1 – 18 October 1916 | |
| Battle of the Ancre Heights (Capture of Regina Trench) | 1 October - 11 November 1916 | |
| The Ancre, 1916 (Capture of Beaumont Hamel) | 13 - 18 November 1916 | |
| Battle of Arras | Battle of Vimy Ridge | 9 – 14 April 1917 |
| First Scarpe, 1917 | 9 – 14 April 1917 | |
| Second Scarpe, 1917 | 23 – 24 April 1917 | |
| Attack on La Coulotte | 23 April 1917 | |
| Battle of Arleux | 28–29 April 1917 | |
| Third Scarpe, 1917 (Capture of Fresnoy) | 3 - 4 May 1917 | |
| Affairs South of the Souchez River | 3 - 25 June 1917 | |
| Capture of Avion | 26 - 29 June 1917 | |
| None | Battle of Hill 70 | 15–25 August 1917 |
| Third Battle of Ypres | Battle of Messines | 7 – 14 June 1917 |
| Battle of Pilckem Ridge | 31 July - 3 August 1917 | |
| Battle of Langemarck | 16 - 18 August 1917 | |
| Battle of Menin Road Ridge | 20 - 25 September 1917 | |
| Battle of Polygon Wood | 26 September - 3 October 1917 | |
| Battle of Broodseinde | 4 October 1917 | |
| Battle of Poelcappelle | 9 October 1917 | |
| First Battle of Passchendaele | 12 October 1917 | |
| Second Battle of Passchendaele | 26 October - 10 November 1917 | |
| Battle of Cambrai (1917) | 20 November - 8 December 1917 | |
| The German Offensives 1918 | First Battles of the Somme, 1918 | |
| St. Quentin | 21 - 23 March 1918 | |
| Actions at the Somme Crossings | 24 - 25 March 1918 | |
| First Bapaume | 24 - 25 March 1918 | |
| Rosieres | 26 - 27 March 1918 | |
| First Arras, 1918 | 28 March 1918 | |
| Avre | 4 April 1918 | |
| Capture of Hamel | 4 July 1918 | |
| Battles of the Lys | ||
| Estaires (First Defence of Givenchy, 1918) | 9 - 11 April 1918 | |
| Hazebrouck | 12 - 15 April 1918 | |
| Messines, 1918 (Loss of Hill 63) | 13 - 15 April 1918 | |
| First Kemmel Ridge | 17 - 19 April 1918 | |
| Action of La Becque | 28 June 1918 | |
| The Advance To Victory 1918 | Battle of Amiens | 8 – 11 August 1918 |
| Actions Around Damery | 15 – 17 August 1918 | |
| Battle of the Scarpe | 26–30 August 1918 | |
| Second Battles of the Somme, 1918 | ||
| Albert, 1918 | 21 – 23 August 1918 | |
| Second Bapaume | 31 August - 3 September 1918 | |
| Second Battles of Arras, 1918 | ||
| Scarpe, 1918 (Capture of Monchy-le-Preux) | 26 - 30 August 1918 | |
| Drocourt-Queant Canal | 2 - 3 September 1918 | |
| Battles of the Hindenburg Line | ||
| Havrincourt | 12 September 1918 | |
| Epehy | 18 September 1918 | |
| Canal du Nord (Capture of Bourlon Wood) | 27 September - 1 October 1918 | |
| St. Quentin Canal | 29 September - 2 October 1918 | |
| Beaurevoir Line | 3 - 5 October 1918 | |
| Cambrai, 1918 (Capture of Cambrai) | 8–9 October 1918 | |
| Battle of Ypres, 1918 | 28 September – 2 October 1918 | |
| Pursuit to the Selle | 9 - 12 October 1918 | |
| Battle of Courtrai | 14 - 19 October 1918 | |
| Battle of the Selle | 17 - 25 October 1918 | |
| Battle of Valenciennes (Capture of Moot Houy) | 1 – 2 November 1918 | |
| Battle of the Sambre | 4 November 1918 | |
| Passage of the Grande Honnelle | 5 - 7 November 1918 | |
| Capture of Mons | 11 November 1918 |
[edit] Other Theatres of War
- Macedonia 1915-17
- Dardanelles 1915-16
- Egypt and Palestine 1915-16, 1918
- North-West Persia and Caspian 1918-19
- Murman 1918-19
- Archangel 1918-19
- Siberia 1918-19
[edit] References
- Nicholson, Gerald W. L. (1962). Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914–1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationary. http://www.dnd.ca/dhh/collections/books/engraph/details_e.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=22&cat=7.
