Halifax ceremony marks final Great War push known as Canada’s Hundred Days
HALIFAX — One hundred years ago, Canadian troops spearheaded the Allied offensive that would ultimately lead to the end of the First World War in November 1918.
The final push through Belgium and France that became known as Canada’s Hundred Days was commemorated Wednesday, a century to the day it began, at a monument on the Halifax waterfront.
Ken Hynes, curator of the Army Museum at the Halifax Citadel, said during the last 100 days Canadian troops were “consistently in the vanguard of advancing Allied armies” and confirmed their reputation as some of the best shock troops in the British Expeditionary Force.
“Canadian victories at Amiens, the Drocourt–Quéant Line, Canal du Nord, and the Pursuit to Mons were among the most difficult and costly battles of the war,” said Hynes.