List of Canadian battles during the First World War
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This is a list of battles during the First World War in which the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated.
France and Flanders
[edit]| Campaign | Battle | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Neuve Chapelle | 10 March 1915 | |
| 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–19 October 1915 |
| Actions of St Eloi Craters | 27 March–16 April 1916 | |
| Battle of Mont Sorrel | 2–13 June 1916 | |
| Battle of the Somme | Battle of Albert | 1–13 July 1916 |
| Battle of Bazentin Ridge | 14–25 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 | 1 October–11 November 1916 | |
| Battle of the Ancre | 13–18 November 1916 | |
| Battle of Arras | Battle of Vimy Ridge | 9–12 April 1917 |
| First Scarpe, 1917 | 9–14 April 1917 | |
Second Scarpe, 1917
|
23–24 April 1917 | |
| Battle of Arleux | 28–29 April 1917 | |
Third Scarpe, 1917
|
3–4 May 1917 | |
| Affairs south of the Souchez River | 3–25 June 1917 | |
| Capture of Avion | 26–29 June 1917 | |
| Battle of Hill 70 | 15–25 August 1917 | |
| Battle of Messines | 7–14 June 1917 | |
| Third Battle of Ypres | Battle of Pilckem Ridge | 31 July–3 August 1917 |
| Battle of Langemarck | 16–18 August 1917 | |
| Battle of the 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 | 12–22 October 1917 | |
| Second Battle of Passchendaele | 26 October–10 November 1917 | |
| Battle of Cambrai | 20 November–8 December 1917 | |
| German spring offensive | Operation Michael
|
21 March–4 April 1918 |
| Battle of Hamel | 4 July 1918 | |
Battles of the Lys
|
9–17 April 1918 | |
| Action of La Becque | 28 June 1918 | |
| Hundred Days Offensive | Battle of Amiens
|
8–30 August 1918 |
Second Battles of the Somme, 1918
|
21 August–3 September 1918 | |
| Battle of the Scarpe | 26–30 August 1918 | |
| Drocourt-Queant Canal | 2–3 September 1918 | |
| Battle of Havrincourt | 12 September 1918 | |
| Battle of Épehy | 18 September 1918 | |
| Battle of the Canal du Nord | 27 September – 1 October 1918 | |
| Fifth Battle of Ypres | 28 September – 2 October 1918 | |
Battle of St Quentin Canal
|
29 September – 5 October 1918 | |
| Battle of Cambrai | 8–9 October 1918 | |
| Battle of Courtrai | 14–19 October 1918 | |
| Battle of the Selle | 17–25 October 1918 | |
| Battle of the Lys and the Escaut | 1–11 November 1918 | |
| Battle of the Sambre | 4 November 1918 | |
| Passage of the Grande Honnelle | 5–7 November 1918 |
Other theatres of war
[edit]- Gallipoli Campaign, 1915–16
- Macedonian front, 1915–1917
- Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1915–16, 1918
- North Russia Intervention, 1918–19
- Persian Campaign, 1918–19
- Siberian Intervention, 1918–19
References
[edit]- Nicholson, G. W. L. (1962). Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914–1919 (PDF). Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. OCLC 557523890. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
