The Great War 1914-18
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war that lasted from 1914 to 1918.
Often described as “the war to end all wars”, it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history.
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 …
After the Battle of Cambrai, the allies advanced almost …
The offensive opened with a heavy bombardment along the whole front, …
The battle was fought from late August to early September, …
The Battle of Amiens, which started on August 8th 1918, …
The Battle of Lys was part of the 1918 German Spring Offensive …
Between the 21st of March and the 2nd of April, as the Germans pushed almost to the gates of Amiens, the 3rd Hussars had already paid a terrible price, 6 officers and 122 other ranks, killed and wounded. But the bloodiest battle was yet to come at Rifle Wood, on April the 1st, after the 2nd Cavalry Division had received an urgent call to join the Fifth Army in front of Amiens. Rifle Wood was the last of a series…
