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further objective of Burlon Wood. Thanks to the valour of Canadian troops,
Currie's genius and other British successes along the front, the Hindenburg Line
was penetrated, a feat that even a few months earlier would have been deemed
impossible.
The Canadian Corps moved on to capture Cambrai in early October and pressed their
advantage into Valenciennes and Mont Houy. Their final battle took place in Mons
just hours before the armistice at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918. Currie's decision
to send troops into Mons when he knew of the coming armistice would dog him in
Canada and harm his reputation, especially because Sam Hughes was vocal in his
criticism of Currie's choice. After the war's end, Canadian troops were sent
to occupy Germany near Bonn.
Tragically, many Canadian soldiers, having survived the horrors of the Great
War, succumbed to the new European scourge, the Spanish Flu. Hundreds of Canadians
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Canadians marching
thorugh the streets of Mons
The armistice was called at 11 a.m. on November 11,
1918. Here Canadian troops march through Mons, the site of the last battle of
the Great War. |
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