The Final Advance in Picardy, 17 October – 11 November 1918. The hardest-fought of the final offensive actions. First, Third and Fourth Armies exploited their success in breaking the Hindenburg Line by pushing on across the Rivers Selle and Sambre, recapturing Valenciennes and finally in liberating Mons – where it had all begun for the British Expeditionary Force more than four years before.
Phase: the Battle of the Selle, 17 – 25 October 1918
First Army (Horne)
XXII Corps (Godley)
4th Division
49th (West Riding) Division
51st (Highland) Division.
Third Army (Byng)
IV Corps (Harper)
5th Division
37th Division
42nd (East Lancashire) Division
New Zealand Division.
V Corps (Shute)
17th (Northern) Division
21st Division
33rd Division
38th (Welsh) Division.
VI Corps (Haldane)
Guards Division
2nd Division
3rd Division
62nd (2nd West Riding) Division.
XVII Corps (Fergusson)
19th (Western) Division
61st (2nd South Midland) Division.
Fourth Army (Rawlinson)
IX Corps (Braithwaite)
1st Division
6th Division
46th (North Midland) Division.
XIII Corps (Morland)
18th (Eastern) Division
25th Division
50th (Northumbrian) Division
66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division.
II American Corps (Read)
27th American Division
30th American Division.
Phase: the Battle of Valenciennes, 1 – 2 November 1918
First Army (Horne)
XXII Corps (Godley)
4th Division
49th (West Riding) Division.
Canadian Corps (Currie)
3rd Canadian Division
4th Canadian Division, which captured Mont Huoy.
Third Army (Byng)
XVII Corps (Fergusson)
19th (Western) Division
24th Division
61st (2nd South Midland) Division.
Phase: the Battle of the Sambre, 4 November 1918
First Army (Horne)
XXII Corps (Godley)
11th (Northern) Division
56th (1st London) Division.
Canadian Corps (Currie)
4th Canadian Division.
Third Army (Byng)
2nd Cavalry Division less 5th Cavalry Brigade (with Fourth Army)
IV Corps (Harper)
37th Division
New Zealand Division, which captured Le Quesnoy.
V Corps (Shute)
17th (Northern) Division
38th (Welsh) Division.
VI Corps (Haldane)
Guards Division
62nd (2nd West Riding) Division.
XVII Corps (Fergusson)
19th (Western) Division
24th Division.
Fourth Army (Rawlinson)
IX Corps (Braithwaite)
1st Division, which fought the passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal
32nd Division, which also fought the passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal
5th Cavalry Brigade of 2nd Cavalry Division.
XIII Corps (Morland)
18th (Eastern) Division
25th Division, which fought the passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal
50th (Northumbrian).
II American Corps (Read)
27th American Division
30th American Division.
Phase: the passage of the Grand Honelle, 5-7 November 1918
First Army (Horne)
XXII Corps (Godley)
11th (Northern) Division
56th (1st London) Division
63rd (Royal Naval) Division.
Canadian Corps (Currie)
2nd Canadian Division
4th Canadian Division.
Third Army (Byng)
XVII Corps (Fergusson)
19th (Western) Division
24th Division.
Phase: the capture of Mons, 11 November 1918
First Army (Horne)
Canadian Corps (Currie)
3rd Canadian Division.
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