Monchy-le-Preux Caribou est un monument commémoratif de guerre du Dominion de Terre-Neuve pour commémorer le 15e Régiment Royal de Terre-Neuve au cours de la Grande Guerre
4667 x 7000 px | 39,5 x 59,3 cm | 15,6 x 23,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
16 juin 2009
Lieu:
Monchy-le-Preux, France
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The Monchy-le-Preux Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Arras of World War I The memorial commemorates an encounter during the Arras offensive in which the British 1st & 3rd Armies attacked eastward from Arras on a 22-km front. The 88th Brigade, in which the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was serving, was to execute a two-battalion attack against an objective known as Infantry Hill. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment, commanded by Lt-ColJames Forbes-Robertson, was on the right & the 1st Essex Battalion on the left. At 5:30 a.m. on 14 April, the barrage opened & the battalions advanced. As the Royal Newfoundland Regiment advanced towards the high ground of Infantry Hill they were subjected to a strong German counterattack which surrounded both battalions. By 9:00am the survivors were forced to surrender. Although all communication by telephone had been cut by artillery fire, a wounded man from the 1st Essex Battalion managed to make it to battalion headquarters to report that all men in the 1st Essex Battalion and Royal Newfoundland Regiment had either been killed or captured. The Germans pressed their counterattack, & soon advanced to the edge of Monchy-le-Preux capturing the trenches from which the 1st Essex Battalion and Royal Newfoundland Regiment had launched their attack. Lt-Col Forbes-Robertson quickly collected all available men of his headquarters staff, as well as weapons & ammunition from dead & wounded soldiers, & led 20 men through the shattered streets of Monchy-le-Preux under heavy artillery fire to a small berm on the outskirts of village. Establishing themselves in this shallow ditch the 9 remaining men opened fire on the approaching Germans and kept the Germans ignorant of their pitifully weak numbers. A tenth man joined the other 9 an hour and a half later. These 10 men held their position for 11 hours until they were relieved that night.
