A new monument will be unveiled on Tuesday near Lens, France that commemorates the soldiers who died during the Battle of Hill 70. It was the first battle where Canadian troops were led by a ...

Canadian War Museum now has four of the six Victoria Crosses awarded to Canadians at Hill 70 The medal is the fourth ... than 100 years after fighting in a battle in northern France during the ...

The graveyard is next to the new Canadian monument to the Battle of Hill 70, which was unveiled in April and which will be formally opened to the public this coming Tuesday, two days before the ...

A group of Kingston residents is the driving force behind a move to honour what they are calling Canada’s forgotten victory. “Hill 70 was a magnificent victory,” said chair of the Hill 70 ...

"I was astounded to learn of this Frederick Lee person." Jack Gin had never heard about Frederick Lee or the battle of Hill 70 until he received an email in the spring asking for his help to ...

It’s story has been convincingly told in the book Capturing Hill 70: Canada’s Forgotten Battle of the First World War, a collection of essays edited by Douglas E. Delaney and Serge Marc ...

Matthew Barrett and Robert C. Engen want to put you in the trenches of an oft-overlooked Canadian First World War victory: the Battle of Hill 70. Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com ...