The Last Great Cavalry Charge - Moreuil Wood & Rifle Wood, March 1918
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On March 10, 1918, in the last "battle year" of the Great War of 1914-1919, the German forces undertook a major offensive against the Allied Forces in France. With considerable manpower and initiative the Germans launched Operation Michael and created a bulge 25 miles deep and 50 miles wide at the base. In support of the British 3rd and 5th Armies, three (3) Cavalry Regiments of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (618 casualties), along with the 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade (144 casualties) and men of the Canadian Railway Troops (34 casualties), blocked the German advance on Amiens and the Paris Railway.
On March 10, 1918, in the last "battle year" of the Great War of 1914-1919, the German forces undertook a major offensive against the Allied Forces in France. With considerabl...
