Le Quesnel Memorial, 1988
This memorial is located on the road from Amiens to Roye. After a carefully concealed move to battle positions between the Australian Corps and the French First Army, the Canadians and Australians, on the 8th of August, formed the spearhead of a tremendous thrust. Supprted by massive artillery barrages and accompnied by waves of tanks, the Corps pushed rapidly ahead, overcoming enemy resistance. By the end of the day, all objectives had been captured. It was the most decisive battle of the war. Ludendorff, the German commander, termed August 8th the "black day of the German army". The words inscribed on the stone are: The Canadian Corps one hundred thousand strong on 8th August 1918 attacked between Hourges and Villers-Bretonneux and drove the enemy eastward for eight miles.