32. Iwuy

Some ferocious confrontations occured in Iwuy sector during the Hundred Days' Offensive.

  • Coordonnées GPS : 50.230115 , 3.322383

Around 10th October 1918, Iwuy witnessed some of the most ferocious fighting of the “100 Days Offensive” in the Cambrai area, during which, towards Rieux-en-Cambrésis, some of the few German A7V tanks entered the action. The Canadian cavalry mounted a charge, sabres drawn, for the last time in its history, and the Niagara Cemetery contains over 170 Canadian tombs.
 

 

 

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