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""The Greatest Act of the War"—The Canadian Attack" Topic
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 31 Dec 2023 5:07 p.m. PST |
…at Kitcheners' Wood "Later in the evening [of 22 April 1915], the commander of the Canadian 1st Division's 3rd Brigade by now fully realized the delicate situation his left flank was in and requested reinforcement from the 2nd Brigade and from the division. The 10th Battalion, reserve unit for the 2nd Brigade, and the 16th Battalion, in reserve for the 3rd Brigade, were tasked for an immediate counterattack on Kitcheners' Wood.
The name of this oak plantation derived from the French name, Bois-de-Cuisineres, a reference to the fact that French soldiers housed their field kitchens there. [Thus, it was named after the "kitcheners" who served there, not Field Marshal Kitchener…"
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