72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - Electric Scotland

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS.
December 29, 1916
Battalion relieved by 38th Battalion and moved to Bri
gade Reserve at Cambligneul.
January 1, 1917
Battalion dinner. Brig.-Gen. J. H. MacBrien spoke.
January 5, 1917
Battalion moved into front line again.
January 11, 1917
Battalion relieved by 38th.
January 17, 1917
Battalion moved back to front line to snow-covered
trenches.
January 23, 1917
Battalion relieved by 38th.
January 29, 1917
Battalion moved back to front line.
February 5, 1917
Battalion was relieved by 38th.
Reserve at Verdrel for training.
February 12, 1917
Battalion moved back to front line trenches, relieving
February 12, 1917
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Clark left the Battalion to proceed, as
sole Canadian representative on the British mission to
Italy.
Battalion moved into front line, relieving 38th.
February 16, 1917
"B"
Company s phenomenally successful raid.
February 18, 1917
Battalion relieved by 38th and moved to Verdrel.
Lieuts. G. Reid, J. Acheson, A. G. Mackie, A. H. Finlay
and M. M. Townley reported for duty, having obtained
commissions from the ranks.
February 25, 1917
Battalion moved back to the front line, relieving 38th.
March 1, 1917
Divisional gas raid took place.
March 3, 1917
Two German officers (carrying white flag) proposed an
armistice to bury the dead.
Battalion relieved.
March 4, 1917
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Clark returned from Italy.
March 7, 1917
Battalion moved to Bouvigny Huts.
March 8, 1917
Preliminary practices for the attack on Vimy Ridge
commenced.
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