1. CHC2D - Mrs. Kelsey

2. Date/Location: March - April, 1915, Ypres, Belgium (in region of Flanders)

3. Canadians to capture town from the Germans Germans used chlorine gas (outlawed by military convention) Canadian soldiers blinded by gas attack

4. the Canadians and British held their positions, captured town 6000 casualties John McCrae wrote poem “In Flanders Fields” to commemorate the battle

5. Date/Location: July -November 1916, near the river Somme, France. British Soldiers in a trench at the Somme

6. Attack on German trenches using outdated military tactics (troops followed by cavalry) British leadership of Canadian troops criticized

8. Disaster! 90% of Royal Newfoundland Regiment dead or wounded at Beaumont-Hamel in one day Casualties for both sides reached 1.25 million 24 000 Canadian casualties British claimed victory, gained less than 12 km Royal Newfoundland Regiment, No. 3 Platoon, A Company, Scotland, 1915

9. Date/Location: April 1917, France

10. Ridge important strategic position Advance preparation, precise timing Early morning advance, leap- frog” technique First time all four Canadian divisions fought together

11. Stunning 4 day victory! Canadians outperformed British and French National Pride at all time high 10 500 casualties (3598 fatalities) National Vimy Memorial, France

12. A.Y. Jackson’s “The Pimple, Evening, 1918”

13. Date/ Location: November 1917, Belgium

14. Objective: capture of German submarine bases on Belgian coast. massive assault resulted in the destruction of drainage systems fields turned to swamps of water and mud

15. After months of failure Canadians took over, led by Canadian Arthur Currie CEF took the ridge, seized Passchendaele 8000 Canadian casualties, 500 000 allied casualties