Life-Sized – NB Military History Museum

Afghanistan

mmadmin — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 05:11:23 +0000

During the first half of 2007 much of Task Force 1-07 came from CFB Gagetown, including the battle group provided by the 2nd Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment. During the tour elements of the battle group engaged in numerous fire-fights with the Taliban in the rugged area of Kandahar province.

Troops also encountered IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attacks. On April 11, 2007, Master Corporal Allan Stewart of Newcastle, NB and Trooper Patrick James Pentland of Geary, NB, both from the Royal Canadian Dragoons, were killed in an IED attack.

North Shore Regiment, D-Day

mmadmin — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 05:00:39 +0000

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment took part in the 3rd Canadian Division’s attack on Juno Beach on the Normandy coast of France.

Landing on the left of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, the New Brunswickers came ashore around 7:45 am to the west of the village of St. Aubin under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire. They quickly moved through mine fields and strong points, cleared seaside buildings of German defenders, and by late morning had silenced the town’s defences.

Siege of Paardeburg

mmadmin — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:44:14 +0000

The Battle of Paardeburg was the first major battle fought by Canadian troops in the second Angelo-Boer War. It was the culmination of a move to relieve the besieged city of Kimberley in the Orange Free State in South Africa.

The British, including the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment intercepted the retreating Boer army at Paardeburg.

The Siege of Fort La Tour, April 1645

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:00:56 +0000

Between 1640 and 1645, the French province of Acadia was plunged into a bitter civil war between rival governors Charles de Saint-Étienne, Sieur de la Tour and Charles de Menou, Sieur d’Aulnay. They launched inconclusive raids against each other’s bases around the Bay of Fundy until April 1645, when d’Aulnay laid siege, with a force of 200 men, to La Continue Reading