72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - waughfamily.ca

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADAship under which the men as usual displayed much fortitude.The march began on September 21st. The Division was toform a part of 2nd Corps. On this march the billetingpoints were as follows :September 21West OutreSeptember 22HazebrouckSeptember 23ArcqueSeptember 24 October 3 HouleDuring the night of October 3rd and early morning ofOctober 4th, the Battalion marched from Houle to Arcquewhere it entrained and proceeded by rail to Candas, at whichpoint it detrained and marched to Longue Vilette.October 4Longue Vilette.October 5MontreletOctober 6HerissartOctober 79WarloyOctober 10Tara HillAs will be seen by the foregoing, the Battalion had a fewdays rest and training at Houle. The outstanding featureof this period was a marching and firing competition. It waswon by the Scouts and Snipers under Lieut. W. C. Ross;No. 10 Platoon under Lieut. J. F. Manley being second.At Montrelet the first decoration parade of the Battalionwas held, when Pte. E. A. S. Chowne was presented with theMilitary Medal he had won at Kemmel.Warloy will be remembered by many members of the Battalion as being the point at which the men of the 16th weremet, marching out from their Somme fighting. It will beremembered that on the outbreak of the war 514 Seaforthmen immediately left Vancouver under the command ofLieut.-Col. J. Edwards Leckie, and that they were afterwards incorporated with the 16th Battalion Some of thesemen were among those who were met at Warloy, war-wearyand muddy, but still under the command of the same gallant officer. The Seaforths were going into the fatefulSomme region; the 16th were coming out.26It was an occa-