The Battle of Hill 70 took place took place near the French city of Lens on 15 August and 16 August 1917 and was fought between the Canadian Corps under the command of Gen. Arthur Currie and German forces. Like the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the attack began with a creeping barrage which the infantry advanced close behind. By the end of the morning, the Canadians occupied the high-ground overlooking Lens, with the remaining objectives in Canadian hands by the end of the next day. During the battle, the Germans counter-attacked numerous times, using mustard gas and flamethrowers, but were beat-off each time. By the end of the battle, the Canadian Corps had suffered nearly 9200 casualties. Lens is commune in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Canadian Corps was a World War I Canadas soldiers in September of 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division in France. ... General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... General Sir Arthur William Currie, KCMG , CB (December 5, 1875 - November 30, 1933) was the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (a corps of four divisions) on the Western Front during World War I and one of the most successful Allied generals of the war and in Canadian... Combatants Canada United Kingdom Germany Commanders Julian Byng Arthur Currie Ludwig von Falkenhausen Strength 30,000 Unknown Casualties 3,598 dead 7,104 wounded 20,000 The Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger British campaign of the First World War known as the... Rolling barrage is a military tactic in which massed artillery support an infantry advance by firing continuously at positions just in front of the advancing troops. ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme, First World War. ... A poison gas attack in World War I. The use of poison gas in World War I was a major military innovation. ... German troops use a flamethrower on the Eastern Front during the Second World War A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to throw flames or, more correctly, project an ignited stream of liquid. ...

See also

• Canadian Corps
• Harry Brown (VC)
• Arthur Currie