Prisoners31,537
Guns (heavy and field)623
Machine guns2,842
Trench mortars (heavy and light)336

Over 500 square miles of territory and 228 cities, towns, and villages had been liberated, including the cities of Cambrai, Denain, Valenciennes, and Mons.

When it is recalled that since August 8, 1918, the Canadian Corps had fought battles of the first magnitude, having a direct bearing on the general situation, and contributing to an extent difficult to realize to the defeat of the German armies in the field, this advance under most difficult conditions constitutes a decisive test of their superior energy and power of endurance.

It was befitting that the capture of Mons should close the fighting records of the Canadian troops, in which every battle they fought is a resplendent page of glory.

The Canadian Corps was deeply appreciative of the honor of having been selected among the first for the task of establishing and occupying the bridgeheads east of the Rhine.

A long march of 170 miles under difficult conditions was ahead of them, but they ungrudgingly looked forward to what had always been their ultimate objective—the occupation of German soil.

CANADA'S TOTAL CASUALTIES IN THE GREAT WAR

OfficersOther RanksTotal
Killed in action and died of wounds2,55948,55751,116
Accidentally killed5813
Died of disease2924,6134,905
Wounded5,349143,510148,859
Presumed dead1874,9155,102
Missing5757
Deaths in Canada2,6332,633
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8,392204,293212,685[10]
Total prisoners of war2363,4933,729
Repatriated2043,0863,290
C. E. F.—Siberian force—
Accidentally killed 4
Died of disease 13
Wounded 1
Enlistments up to November 15, 1918 595,441[11]
Sailings to England 418,052
Sailings to Siberia 4,214
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422,266[12]

PART III—CANADA AT HOME

CHAPTER XXI