Nicholson Map 7: Vimy Ridge 9-12 April 1917
Map Upgraded October 15, 2007

This is also described in Nicholson Chapter VIII.
Nicholson Chapter VIII: The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-14 April 1917

The Battle of Vimy Ridge is one of the most well known and researched battles of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It followed a devastating year of battles in 1916 and the relative calm for the Canadians during the winter of 191-6-1917. In the late winter of 1917 the Germans fell back to the Hindenburg Line.

On April 9, 1917 the British operations started for the "Battle of Arras", the first phase being the "First Battle of the Scarpe". The British 3rd Army covered 8 miles of the front, supported by the Canadian forces on a 4 mile front in a simultaneous attack on Vimy Ridge, at the time to merely be a defensive flank for the British 3rd Army.

As history now shows, the Canadians and British won a great tactical victory at Vimy Ridge and the Scarpe. More ground was captured and more guns were seized that in any other previous British offensive on the Western Front. It remains a military classic example of a deliberate attack against strong prepared positions. For Canada, it demonstrated how "powerful and effective the Canadian Corps had become".