flesquires

Updated: May 20, 2025

Around Lavasquere, formidable defenses, known as Welsh Ridge and Coutilet Wood, had been, captured. Flesquires had been invested and the Grand Ravine crossed. Havrincourt was in British hands. Trench systems north of Havrincourt and north of the west bank of the Canal du Nord also had been captured. The Masnieres Canal was crossed, and the British had stormed and captured Marcoing Neufwood.

Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes - The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders : Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge