The Walks
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The St. Quentin Canal. The culminating point of the right flank of the 20 November 1917 attack. Our walk follows the canal from Rue-des-Vignes via Masnieres, through Marcoing to Rumilly, visiting the sites of 6 WW1 VC actions from 1917 and 1918. The walk will finish at the Newfoundland Regiment memorial with its superb views of the Cambrai battlefield.
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Villers Hill to Lempire. This war walk along the British front line east of Epehy, offers excellent views of the Hindenburg Line's trace, and the chance to see a number of hard-to-visit WW1 cemeteries such as Meath and Targelle Ravine. We will also cross the battle ground where Sergeant Gourley and Lance Dafadar Gobind Singh won VCs in 1917.
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Flesquieres and Havrincourt. Flesquieres Ridge was vital ground in the Battle of Cambrai because of the excellent views all round. We will walk from the Battle of Cambrai Memorial (to be dedicated in November 2007) to the 62nd Division Memorial in Havrincourt and return across the front attacked by 51st Highland Division on 20 November 1917. This battlefield walk will include a visit to the British tank D51 Deborah which was recovered from a field near Flesquieres.
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Around Bourlon Wood. From Anneux British Cemetery we walk past the Rat's Tail (where Captain Walter Stone won a VC on 30 November 1917) to Bourlon village and the Canadian Memorial where we enter the Wood. Bourlon Wood was the most important objective of the Battle of Cambrai and this was the area of the most bitter fighting. We will walk through the wood to the village of Fontaine-Notre-Dame, visiting a number of memorials to men who died in those actions.
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Breaking the Hindenburg Line: On the last morning of this first world war walking tour we will walk between Bellenglise and Riqueval to follow the famous attack by 46th (North Midland) Division on 29th September which proved that even the strongest fortifications could not stop the Allied advance to victory.
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