The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles - ElectricCanadian.com

VIMY RIDGE 63prising some 64 guns and howitzers, 106 trench mortars and 126 Maymachine-guns are now trophies of the Canadians. 1917The training undergone during the winter has borne its fruit, andit is this training, coupled with the zeal and gallantry which are soconspicuous in all ranks of the Corps, that will continue to give resultsas potent and far reaching as those which began the capture of VimyRidge.With the advent of May the weather improved; therewere a few showers but for the most part the days werebright and warm. The ground was drying and altogetherboth living and working conditions were vastly improved.The Canadian Corps was still engaged under the FirstArmy in pressing back the enemy. The First andSecond Divisions were employed on May 3rd in thegeneral attack heretofore mentioned. The front wasapproximately three miles beyond the village of Vimyon the Mericourt-Acheville-Oppy line. The Battaliondid not take part in this attack, but replaced a battalionof the 7th Brigade at the Pylones, a part of the old frontline it had been in a month before. On the 6th they left May 6,these shelters for others on La Folie Ridge, where theycontinued to supply large working parties. While makingthis shift they were heavily shelled, and seven casualtiesresulted. Lieutenants T. Todd and G. V. Cooke werewounded, three men were killed and two wounded. Onthe 10th they relieved two Companies of the 1st C. M. R.of the 2nd C. M. R. in the line on theand one CompanyMericourt-Acheville front. On the first day in the line,Lieutenant H. C. Rounds was wounded.Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. L. Gordon, D. S. O., whoreorganized the Battalion after Sanctuary Wood, andunder whose leadership the unit distinguisheditself bothon the Somme and Vimy Ridge, left on May 16th to takecommand of the 8th Reserve Battalion in England. Hewas succeeded by Major W. R. Patterson, D. S.of the few remaining original officers.O., oneMay ie,The month of June, for the Battalion, was very similarto the previous month. Two tours were made in thefront line, both about 1,500 yards south of Avion, infront of Mericourt. Their position on the second tourwas adjacent to the scene of their fighting of April 23rd,june