4th HUSSARS: ARRAS 9th APR – 16th MAY 1917, SCARPE 9th APR – 4th MAY 1917
On the 5th April the regiment first marched to Hem and then …
On the 5th April the regiment first marched to Hem and then …
At 9.30am on the 23rd April news was received of the first …
At 9.30am on the 23rd April news was received of the first …
Now began the long, flanking march by the British Army which was destined to …
At 8am on the 7th of September the brigade …
At 6 am, on the morning of the 22nd, …
Orders were received at 1 pm on the 27th of March that ‘B’ and ‘D’ Squadrons were to attack and take the village of Villers Faucon at 5 pm with the assistance of a Howitzer Battery, X Battery, R.H.A., and two armoured cars. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade was to attack the villages of Guyencourt and Soulcourt at 5 pm ‘B’ Squadron was under Captain Weldon and ‘D’ Squadron under Major Van der Byl. The latter had the two armoured cars…
The second Battle of Ypres was famous for the use …
The second stage of the Battles of the Somme began …
The 8th Hussars paraded and marched on the 9th of …