Battle Studies
The
Second Battle of Ypres 1915
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Battle Studies
The
Second Battle of Ypres 1915
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| 22 April 1915: 17.30 |
Battle
of Gravenstafel Ridge
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A company
of 7th Canadian Battalion moves forward from 2nd Brigade reserveAt the time of the German attack the 7th Canadian Battalion (of the 1st Canadian Division) was located at Wieltje as the reserve battalion in support of the 2nd Canadian Brigade.
Captain J W Warden was commanding the rearward company (1st Company) of the 7th Battalion billeted in Wieltje. At 5.30pm, when the bombardment was still at its height and the first Algerians began to drift through Wieltje, Captain Warden ordered his men to fall in and march to battalion headquarters at Spree Farm, 1,100 metres south-east of St. Julien.
Once
there he was ordered to go to the support of the French troops who were falling
back. Moving north-westwards in extended order about fifty Turcos joined his
men and the line advanced north of Vanheule Farm to about 100 metres
across the Wieltje-St. Julien road. There the men lay down
while the company commander, Captain Warden, went forward to
reconnoitre.
Acknowledgements
Official History of the Canadian Forces in The Great War 1914-1919
Copyright Joanna Legg & Graham Parker © 2002 All rights reserved
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