The best walks and hikes around Roclincourt

Very nice cycle path

Beautiful cathedral which is under repair in October 2025

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The 3rd Canadian Division Memorial in Neuville-Saint-Vaast commemorates the soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Division who fought and gave their lives during the First World War. This memorial is located near the famous Vimy Ridge and pays tribute to the courage and sacrifice of these troops.

3rd Canadian Division monument erected to the glory and eternal memory of our valiant comrades who gave their lives in defense of the line from October 23, 1916 to February 15, 1917 and in the capture of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917.

Within the 107 hectares of the Vimy Ridge National Historic Site of Canada, near the grandiose memorial erected in honor of the 66,000 Canadian soldiers who died in the Great War, a more modest building is dedicated "to the memory (...) of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the Moroccan Division who fell gloriously here on May 9, 10, and 11, 1915." Before the Canadians captured Vimy Ridge from the Germans in April 1917, other soldiers had already set foot there but were unable to hold their ground due to a lack of reinforcements and sufficient artillery support. These "forerunners" were the Moroccan Zouaves and riflemen, wearing red chechias and baggy trousers, accompanied in the Moroccan Division by Foreign Legion volunteers from 52 countries. To the men of the Moroccan Division who set out to assault Vimy Ridge On the morning of May 9, 1915, they broke through the German lines, crossed Folie Wood, and approached Vimy Ridge. To monitor their advance and adjust artillery fire, squares of white cloth were sewn to their backs, making them prime targets for the Germans on their flank. Furthermore, the artillery was running low on ammunition, and reinforcements were not forthcoming: the order to withdraw came with the evening. The Moroccan soldiers were forced to abandon the conquered ground at the cost of heavy losses. The riflemen of the Moroccan Division were among the approximately 820,000 men mobilized in the French colonies or protectorates during the First World War, including 636,000 sent to France as soldiers or laborers. Among the 449,000 engaged in the fighting, the majority came from Algeria (150,000) and the others from sub-Saharan Africa (135,000), Indochina (43,000), Tunisia (39,000), Morocco (34,000). 70,000 of them died on French soil.

The Vimy Memorial is the most prestigious Canadian monument in Europe. It is located on the very site of the 1917 fighting near Vimy in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. Erected on the highest point of the hill, Hill 145, the objective of the operations that began on April 9, 1917, it overlooks the Douai Plain. In 1921, architect and sculptor Walter S. Allward (1875-1955) won the competition from the Canadian Battlefield Memorials Commission. The significance of the battles at the site and the favorable location at the top of the hill allowed Vimy to receive the most prestigious work.

The Canadian Artillery Monument: In April 1917, the Battle of Arras began along a 20-km front. The Canadian divisions had the specific objective of recapturing Vimy Ridge, on which Thélus was located. During the week preceding the assault, Canadian artillery pounded the territory immediately behind the German positions, with the aim of cutting communications and disrupting the rear lines. Thélus was razed, but the village was recaptured on the first day of the battle, April 9, Easter Monday. This commemorative monument was erected during the winter of 1917-1918 by General Byng's "Byng Boys" and was unveiled in April 1918 for the first commemoration of the Battle. It is specifically dedicated to the artillery, which played a decisive role in the success of the assault, perfectly synchronized with the infantry advance on the ground. It features the gunners' emblem: a cannon with a wheel bearing a "Canada" crown and the motto "Quo fas et Glorai ducunt" (this is where necessity and glory lead).