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In the first five days of the Battle of Amiens, the Canadians captured over 9,000 German prisoners, while simultaneously liberating 173.5 km of territory, August 1918.

Black and white photograph. A large group of German prisoners of war gather along the side of a river. Rubble and shrubs litter the ground. Ruins surround the men. — (Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3628749.)

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