{"id":9672,"date":"2014-10-16T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2014-10-16T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T10:00:15","slug":"rmr-reaches-camp-after-3-hour-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/rmr-reaches-camp-after-3-hour-march\/","title":{"rendered":"RMR reaches Camp after 3-hour March"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY, 16 October 1914 – From the 14th<\/sup> BATTALION (RMR) WAR DIARY:<\/p>\n

Friday, October 16, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEntrained at 12:45 a.m. Arrived Patney Station just after dawn, detrained and marched to West Down South, Salisbury Plains, about 3 hours march. Very tiring for the men as they were soft after nearly 3 weeks on board ship.\u00a0 Found tented lines all ready for occupation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [1]<\/em><\/p>\n

SALISBURY CAMP<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"16<\/a>\u201cThe Canadian Divisional Headquarters were established at \u201cYe Olde Bustard,\u201d an isolated inn three miles north-west of Stonehenge. The bulk of the Contingent was distributed in four camps extending for five miles near the west side of the military area.\u00a0 Bustard Camp, beside General Alderson\u2019s headquarters, was given over to the 1st<\/sup> Infantry Brigade, the Divisional Mounted Troops and Princess Patricia\u2019s Canadian Light Infantry; two miles to the north-west the 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> Brigades were in West Down South Camp; a mile beyond in West Down North were all the artillery and Divisional Supply Column; while two miles further north the 4th<\/sup> Brigade, the cavalry, the 17th<\/sup> Battalion and the Newfoundland Contingent occupied Pond Farm Camp.\u201d\u00a0 [3]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Regimental history has told us that Companies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the 14th<\/sup> Battalion had entrained at Plymouth Railway Station the previous evening, and after travelling all night to detrain \u201cshortly after dawn on the 16th at Patney Station. From there they marched for about three hours across Salisbury Plain to West Down South.\u00a0 Tented lines were ready at this spot and were gratefully occupied by the men, whom the long sea voyage had softened and who, in consequence, were weary after the night journey in cramped quarters and the ten mile pre-breakfast march across the Plain.\u201d\u00a0 [4]<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCANADIAN SOLDIERS ON SALISBURY PLAINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0First Detachment Reaches Training Ground on the Stroke of Midnight\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe country folk for many miles around lined the streets of Salisbury during the whole of yesterday afternoon and late on till the evening to give the Canadian troops a rousing welcome on their entry into the famous city. It was, in fact, just on the stroke of 12 midnight when the first detachment made its appearance.\u00a0 The men looked none the worse for the long sea and train journey.\u00a0 On reaching camp they were refreshed with tea.\u00a0 The remainder of the troops will be brought in tomorrow. The camps are all on Salisbury Plains, within three or four miles of each other, and the men will live under canvas.\u201d\u00a0 [5]<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0 War Diary, 14th Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, Oct. 16, 1914.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089670.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/vimyridgehistory.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/salisbury-plain-images\/Duguid-Salisbury-Plain-Map.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[3]<\/a>\u00a0 Col. G.W.L. Nicholson, CD., Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919<\/em>, Duhamel, Queens Printer, Ottawa,1962,\u00a0 pg. 34.<\/pre>\n
[4]<\/a>\u00a0 R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925<\/em>, Montreal, The Gazette, Printing Co., Ltd., 1927, pg. 16.<\/pre>\n
[5]<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cCanadian Soldiers On Salisbury Plains,\u201d Canadian Associated Cables, The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto, Ontario, Friday, October 16, 1914, pg. 1, col. 4.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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