This road commemorates the Canadian participation in the Battle of Amiens. It is a part of the National Field of Honour cemetery.
The Battle of Amiens, 8-11 August, 1918, went of Amiens, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led to the end of the First World War. A coordinated assault, spearheaded by the Australian and Canadian Corps, the battle involved aircraft, tanks, artillery, cavalry and infantry. Allied forces advanced over 11 kilometers on the first day, one of the greatest advances of the war. The battle is also notable for its effects on both sides’ moral and the large number of surrendering German forces. This led Erich Ludendorff to describe the first day of the battle as “the black day of the German Army”. Amiens marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front, fighting becoming mobile once again until the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.
