ConfidentialWar Diary of 18th CANADIAN BATTALION - 2nd CANADIAN DIVISION FROM 1st August to 31st August 1917 Volume 24 With appendicis 6 - 13 PlaceDateHourSummary of Events and InformationMap reference, 36B Edition 6, 1/40,000. BOVIGNY 1st. R.19.central.1 18th. Canadian Battalion at BOVIGNY village in billets, the Brigade being in Divisional Reserve. Owing to heavy rain,... Continue Reading →
“We’re all OK. Plenty of rations, water and rum.”
During heavy action during an operation in August 1917 against the ALOOF Trench in the Lens area of operations by the 18th Battalion C.E.F. the following communication was written and passed back by messenger to "Adjutant Radish" at Battalion Headquarters. To Adjut. Radish [codename] Casualties 2 killed 5 wounded I have completed a relief of... Continue Reading →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 