GENERAL ORDERS
1928
G.O. 6 / 1928
CONDITIONS OF AWARD OF BATTLE HONOURS FOR THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS IN WHICH CANADIAN TROOPS PARTICIPATED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| Summer Operations, 1915.
( March- October) | Action of St. Eloi | 14-15 March | |||
| The Battles of Ypres, 1915 | 22 April - 25 May | ||||
| (i) Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge | The Gas Attack | 22-23 April | The Comines - Ypres Canal as far as Voormezeele: thence road to Vlamertitinghe Chateau - Elverdinghe Chateau - Boesinghe - Lange Marck | ||
| (ii) Battle of St. Julien | 24 April - 4 May | ||||
| (iii) Battle of Frezenberg Ridge. | 8-13 May | ||||
| (iv) Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge | 24-25 May | ||||
| Battle of Festubert | 15-25 May | Thela Bassee Canal to Gorre: thence road to le Touret - Lacouture- Croix Barbee: thence a line to the Bois du Biez (exclusive | |||
| Second Action of Givenchy Ridge, 1915 | 15-16 June | Givenchy - Gorre: thence road to le Touret - Rue de l’Epinette - la Quinque Rue (exclusive) . | |||
| The Battle of Loos | 25 September - 8 October | RoadAix-Noulette - Noeux-les-Mines - Bethune (exclusive) - Gorre - Festubert (exclusive) . | |||
| --with subsidiary Action of Bois Grenier | 25 September | BasMaisnil - Croix- Marechal - Bac-St-Maur - Erquinghem - BoisGrenier - Bois Blancs. | |||
| --and subsequent Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | 13-19 October | RoadHulloch - Loos - Fosse No. 7 - Noyelles-lez-Vermelles -Cambrin. | |||
| Loca lOperations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive) | Actions of St. Eloi Craters | 27 March - 16 April | Road Wytschaete - Vierstraat - Dickebusch - Kruisstraat - Ypres(exclusive) : thence the Ypres - Comines Canal. | ||
| Battle of Mount Sorrel | 2-13 June | Hill60 - Kruistraathoek - Kruisstraat - Cloth Hall - MeninRoad - the Ypres - Roulers Railway. | |||
II. THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE, 1916
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| Operations on the Somme. (1 July - 18 November, 1916) | The Battles of the Somme, 1916. | 1 July - 18 November | |||
| (i) Battle of Albert, 1916. | Capture of Montauban
Capture of Mametz Capture of Friecourt Capture of Contalmaison Capture of la Boisselle | 1-13 July | The Combles valley to Har Decourt: thence the road to Maricourt -Suzanne - Bray - Albert - Bouzincourt - Hedauville - Forceville - Bertrancourt - Sailly-au-Bois (exclusive) - Hebuterne - Puisieux-au-Mont. | ||
| (ii) Battle of Bezantin Ridge. | Capture of Longueval. Capture of Trones Wood. Capture of Ovillers. | 14-17 July | Road Har Decourt - Maricourt - Fricourt - Becourt – Albert (exclusive) : thence the river Ancre. | ||
| --with subsidiary Attack at Fromelles (On the Aubers Ridge) | 19 July | Road Aubers - Faquissart - Laventie - Rouge-de-Bout – Fleurbaix (exclusive) : -- la Boutillerie - Bas Maisnil. | |||
| --and subsequent Attacks on High Wood | 20-25 July | Road Flers - Longeval - Bazentin-le-Petit - Martinpuich. | |||
| (iii) Battle of Pozieres Ridge. | Fighting for Mouquet Farm. | 23 July - 3 September | Road Bezentin-le-Petit - Contalmaison - Fricourt - Becourt - Albert (exclusive) : thence the river Ancre. | ||
| (iv) Battle of Guillemont. | 3-6 September | The Combles valley to Har Decourt: thence road to Maricourt - Montauban - Longueval. | |||
| (v) Battle of Ginchy. | 9 September | ||||
| (vi) Battle of Flers-Courcelette. | 15-22 September | The Combles valley to Har Decourt: thence road to Maricourt - Fricourt - Becourt - Albert (exclusive) : thence the river Ancre. | |||
| (vii) Battle of Thiepval Ridge. | 26-29 September | The Bapaume road to Martinpuich (exclusive) - Contalmaison - Becourt - Albert (exclusive) : thence road to Martinsart - Englebelmer - Auchenvillera - Serre. | |||
| (viii) Battle of le Transloy Ridge. | Capture of Eaucourt l’Abbaye. | 1-18 October | The valley from Sailly-Saillisel to Combles: thence road to Ginchy -Longueval - Martinpuich - la Sars. | ||
| (ix) Battle of The Ancre Heights. | Capture of Regina Trench. | 1 October - 11 November | Road Pys - le Sars - Martinpuich - Contalmaison - la Boiselle - Aveluy - Martinsart - Mesnil - Hamel. | ||
| (x) Battle of Ancre, 1916. | Capture of Beaumont Hamel. | 13-18 November | The Baupaume road to la Boiselle: thence road to Aveluy – Martinsart - Englebelmer - Mailly-Maillet - Colincamps – Hebuterne - Puisieux-au-Mont. | ||
III. THE ADVANCE TO THE HINDENBURG LINE, 1917
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| German Retreat to Hindenburg Line (14 March - 5 April, 1917) | 14 March - 5 April | ||||
IV. THE ALLIED OFFENSIVES, 1917
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| The Arras Offensive (9 April - 15 May, 1917 | The Battles of Arras, 1917 | 9 April - 4 May | |||
| (i) Battle of Vimy Ridge | 9-14 April | Willerval - Maroeuil - Mont St. Eloi - Ablain-St. Nazaire - Lievan-Lens | |||
| [(ii) Second Battle of the Scarpe, 1917] | (Canadian troops not engaged in main battle, only in subsidiary attack.) | ||||
| --with subsidiary Attack on la Coulotte | 23 April | Road Avion - Vimy (exclusive) - Souchez: thence the river Souchez | |||
| (iii) Battle of Arleux | 28-29 April | Boiry - Notre-Dame - Monchy le-Proux - Beaurains -
Roclincourt - Vimy (exclusive) - Acheville (Amended by General Order 162 of 1928) | |||
| (iv) Third Battle of the Scarpe, 1917 | Capture of Fresnoy | 3-4 May | The river Sensee from Vis-en-Artois to St. Leger: thence a line to Boyelles - Beaurains - Roclincourt - Vimy (exclusive) - Acheville | ||
| --with flanking operations towards Lens (3 June - 26 Aug.) | Affairs south of the Souchez River | 3-25 June | RoadAvion - Vimy (exclusive) - Souchez: thence the river Souchez | ||
| Capture of Avion | 26-29 June | RoadMericourt - Vimy - Souchez: thence the river Souchez. | |||
| Battle of Hill 70 | 15-25 August | The river Souchez from Lens to Angres: thence a line to Grenay - Vermelles Station - Vendin-le-Vieil | |||
| The Flanders Offensive (7 June - 10 November, 1917) | The Battle of Messines, 1917 | Capture of Wytschaete | 7-14 June | Road Frelinghien - le Bizet - Petit Pont - Neuve Eglise -Dranoutre - Locre - la Clytte - Dickebusch - Kruisstraat: thence a line to Zillebeke - Gheluvelt | |
| The Battles of Ypres, 1917 | 31 July - 10 Nov. | ||||
| (i) Battle of Pilckem Ridge | 31 July - 2 August | The Comines-Ypres Canal as far as Voormezeele: thence road to Vlamertinghe Chateau - Elverdinghe Chateau - Woesten - Bixschoote | |||
| (ii) Battle of Lange Marck, 1917 | 16-18 August | ||||
| (iii) Battle of Menin Road Ridge | 20-25 September | ||||
| (iv) Battle of Polygon Wood | 26 September - 3 October | ||||
| (v) Battle of Broodseinde | 4 October | ||||
| (vi) Battle of Poelcapelle | 9 October | ||||
| (vii) First Battle of Passchendaele | 12 October | ||||
| (viii) Second Battle of Passchendaele | 26 October - 10 November | ||||
| The Cambrai Operations (20 November - 7 December, 1917) | Battle of Cambrai | 20 November - 3 December | |||
| The Tank Attack | 20-21 November | Road Honnecourt - Villers Guislain - Gouzeaucourt - Metz -Ruyaulcourt - Beaumetz - Morchies - Lagnicourt - Queant | |||
| The German Counter Attacks | 30 November - 3 December | RoadRonssoy - Villers-Faucon - Fins - Ruyualcourt - Beaumetz- Morchies - Lagnicourt - Queant | |||
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| The Offensive in Picardy (21 March - 5 April, 1918) | The First Battles of the Somme, 1918 | 21 March - 5 April | |||
| (i) Battle of St. Quentin | 21-23 March | The river Oise to Chauny: thence road to Guiscard - Ham - Peronne- Bapaume - Boyelles: thence the river Cojeul | |||
| Actions at the Somme Crossings | 24-25 March | The line of the Somme from Ham to Hem | |||
| (ii) First Battle of Bapaume | 24-25 March | The river Somme to Bray: thence road to Albert - Martinsart -Sailly-au-Bois - Monchy-au-Bois - Arras: thence the river Scarpe | |||
| (iii) Battle of Rosieres | 26-27 March | Between the rivers Arve and Somme, east of road Pierrepont - Mezieres- Demiun - Villers Bretonneux - Corbie | |||
| (iv) First Battle of Arras, 1918 | 28 March | Road Authuille - Bertancourt - Couin - Gaudiempre - Arras - Oppy | |||
| (v) Battle of the Arve | 4 April | Between the rivers Arve and Somme. | |||
| --with subsequent Capture of Hamel | 4 July | Between the road Lamotte - Longeau and the Somme. | |||
| The Offensive in Flanders (9-29 April, 1918) | The Battles of Lys | 9-29 April | |||
| (i) Battle of Estaires | First Defence of Givenchy, 1918 | 9-11 April | Thela Bassee Canal toBethune: thence road to St Venant: thence a line to Vieux Berquin: from there the road to Bailleul - Armentieres (all exclusive) . | ||
| (ii) Battle of Messines, 1918 | Loss of Hill 63 | 10-11 April | RoadArmentieres - Bailleul - Locre - Dickebusch - Voormezeele:thence the Ypres-Comines Canal. | ||
| (iii) Battle of Bailleul | Defence of Neuve Eglise | 13-15 April | Road Meteren - Mont des Cats - Boeschepe - Reninghelst -Ouderdom - Vierstraat - Wytschaete. | ||
| (iv) First Battle of Kemmel Ridge | 17-19 April | ||||
| - with subsequent Action of la Becque | 28 June | The Lys Canal to St. Venant (exclusive) : thence the road to Morbecque: thence a line to Swartenbrouck - Vieux Berquin. | |||
VI. THE ADVANCE TO VICTORY, 1918
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| The Advance in Picardy (8 August - 3 September, 1918) | The Battle of Amiens | 8-11 August | Between the roads Amiens - Roye and Amiens - Albert (Amiens exclusive) . | ||
| with subsequent Actions round Damery | 15-17 August | Road Roye - Bouchoir - Warvillers - Very (exclusive) - Hattencourt. | |||
| The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (26 August - 12 October, 1918) | The Second Battles of Arras, 1918 | 26 August - 3 September | |||
| (i) Battle of the Scarpe, 1918 | Capture of Monchy-le-Preux | 26-30 August | Noreiul (exclusive) - St. Leger (exclusive) - Boisleux-au-Mont -Roclincourt - Bailleul - Oppy | ||
| (ii) Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line | 2-3 September | Moeuvres (exclusive) -- Noreuil (exclusive) - St. Leger (exclusive) -Monchy-le-Preux - Pelves: thence the river Scarpe. | |||
| The Battles of the Hindenburg Line | 12 September - 9 October | ||||
| (i) Battle of the Canal du Nord | Capture of Bourlon Wood | 27 September - 2 October | Road Banteux - Gouzeaucourt (exclusive) - Fins (exclusive) -Ytres - Lagnicourt - Queant - Cagnicourt - Recourt - Lecluse (exclusive) : thence the river Sensee. | ||
| (ii) Battle of the St. Quentin Canal | 29 September - 2 October | Road St. Quentin (exclusive) - Vermand - Roisel - Villers-Faucon- Fins - Gouzeaucourt -- Banteux (exclusive) . | |||
| (iii) | Battle of the Beaurevoir Line | 3-5 October | Road Sequehart -- Bellenglise -- Pontru -- Epehy --
Vendhuille -- Villers-Outreaux (Amended by General order 162 of 1928) | ||
| (iv) Battle of Cambrai, 1918 | Capture of Cambrai | 8-9 October | Road Fresnoy - Sequehart - Bellinglise - Bellicourt -Vendhuille - Villers-Guislain - Villers-Plouich - Graincourt- Bourlon - Oisy-le-Verger: thence the river Sensee. | ||
| --including The Pursuit to the Selle (9-12 October) | 9-12 October | ||||
| The Final Advance - Flanders (28 Sept. - 11 Nov.) | Battle of Ypres, 1918 | 28 September - 2 October | RoadArmentieres - Bailleul - Locre - Reninghelst -Vlamertinghe Chateau - Elverdinghe Chateau: thence a line to Moorslede. | ||
| Picardy (17 October - 11 November) | Battle of Valenciennes | Capture of Mont Houy. | 1-2 November | The Bavai-Cambrai road as far as Vendegies: thence the stream to Monchaux-sur-Ecaillon: thence a line to Haveluy (exclusive) --Bellaing (exclusive) -- Aremberg (exclusive) : thence along the southern edge of the forests of Vicoigne and Raismes. | |
| Picardy (17 October - 11 November) .— Concluded. | Battle of the Sambre | 4 November | Therailway Boue - le Cateau (exclusive) : thence road to Romieres—Fa Mars: thence a line to la Sentinelle (exclusive) —Anzin: thence due north to the southern edge of the forest of Raismes: thence along southern edge to Escautpont (exclusive) . | ||
| --with subsequent
(i) Passage of the Grande Honnelle; | 5-7 November | The railway Bavai - Wargnies-la-Grand | |||
| and
(ii) Capture of Mons. | 11 November | ||||
MACEDONIA, 1915-1917
DARDENELLES, 1915-1916
EGYPT AND PALESTINE, 1916, 1918
- Eastern Frontier and Palestine
- The Invasion of Palestine
NORTH WEST PERSIA AND THE CASPIAN, 1918-1919
| Operations | Battles | Actions,etc. | Limits | ||
| Name | Tactical Incidents Included | Chronological | Geographical | ||
| MURMAN,1918-1919 | |||||
| ARCHANGEL,1918-1919 | |||||
| Seizure of the White Sea ports and Initial Advances (July- October, 1918) | Affair of Seletski | 11 October | The Dvina above Tulgas (exclusive) | ||
| Defensive Operations 1918-19 ( October- August) | |||||
| (a) Between the Vologda Railway and the Dvina River. | Affairs at Tarasova | 25and 29 January | |||
| Attack on Kadish | 7 February | Between Kadish and Advinskaya | |||
| Defence of Sredmekhrenga | 8-11 February | ||||
| (b) On the Dvina and Vaga Rivers. | Affair of Tulgas | 11-13 November | The Dvina above Chamova. | ||
| Defence of Shenkursk | 16-25 January | The Vaga above Bereznik (exclusive) . | |||
| Affairs round Vistavka | 1-4 and 8-10 March | The Vaga above Bereznik (exclusive) . | |||
| SIBERIA,1918-1919 | |||||
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