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Canada’s Hundred Days: Arras & Cambrai Battlefield Tour
Follow the Canadian Corps from Arras to Cambrai during the final victorious months of the First World War.
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Follow the Canadian Corps along the road from Arras to Cambrai and discover the extraordinary final battles of the First World War. Beginning beneath Arras at Carrière Wellington, the tour travels east through Monchy-le-Preux and the formidable German defensive lines that Canadian troops attacked during the Hundred Days Offensive of 1918.
Stand on the ground where seven Canadians earned the Victoria Cross in a single day, visit the Canadian memorial at Bourlon Wood and follow the advance toward Cambrai after the crossing of the Canal du Nord. The journey also explores the Newfoundland story at Monchy-le-Preux and Masnières before concluding at the Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum, where one of the remarkable surviving tanks of the Great War is preserved.
Begin in Arras before following the Canadian advance east along one of the most fiercely contested corridors of the Western Front.
Morning: Arras & The Road to Cambrai
- Arras Memorial and Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery
- Carrière Wellington and the underground story of the Battle of Arras
- Monchy-le-Preux Newfoundland Memorial
- Seven Victoria Crosses Memorial and the Drocourt-Quéant battlefield
Departure: Arras, 9:00 AM
Continue east toward Cambrai, following the Canadian Corps through the final stages of its advance across the Canal du Nord.
Afternoon: Bourlon Wood, Cambrai & The Canal du Nord
- Bourlon Wood Canadian Memorial and the Canal du Nord battlefield
- Lunch and free time in historic Cambrai
- Masnières Newfoundland Memorial
- Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum at Flesquières
Return: Arras, approx. 5:30–6:00 PMDuration: approx. 8–9 hours
Tour itineraries may be adjusted to accommodate museum opening times, traffic, commemorative events, site accessibility or the interests of guests travelling on the day. Lunch is not included in the tour price. Private and customised battlefield tours are available on request.
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