Canadians in the battlefield

      Canadians were generally not included in Haig's decisions in The Battle Of Somme, but they did participate in the battle.

      Canada's biggest participation in the battle occured on September 15th, 1916 when a Canadian battalion 'The French Canadians of the 25th' captured the town of Courcelette and fought aganist the Germans.

Battle of Flers-Courcelettes. 
The orange area was the sector to be attacked by 150 Brigade with the 4th Yorks Battalion in the Centre. 
The trenches between the French villages of Bazentin Le Petit and Martinpuich are shown as they were held before the assault. Blue lines for British held and Red for German. 
The 4th Yorks Btn in Eye Trench had 3 objectives as shown and reached the third, but at great expense.  

     Other Battles fought by Canadians in The Somme Campaign than Flers-Courcelette were 1) Pozieres Ridge: which lasted 2 weeks and was mainly known as "The Australian Battle". The Australians were successful in capturing Pozieres village but lost over 40,000 troops.

 And Regina trench: It was a German trench that was known as the longest German trench on the front line in WW1. Canadians made several attempts of controlling various parts of this trench but weren't very successful. During the attacks on the trench Canada lost a heavy amount of troops.

Regina trench cemetery located in France that has all the dead troops of the this battle in WW1 

           Canadian troops had gained most of their objectives in these battles but lost almost 24,000 men.They also gained much respect from around the world, fear from enemies, and were recognized as courageous, tough fighters as they proved in all these battles.