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PERMANENT UNITS OF THE CANADIAN ARMY 1938

ESQUIMAULT

CALGARY

WINNIPEG

LONDON

TORONTO

OTTAWA

KINGSTON

MONTREAL

ST JEAN

QUEBEC

FREDRIC-TON

HALIFAX

RCD

RHQ
B SQN

A SQN

LSH

RHQ
B SQN

A SQN

RCA

5TH HY
BTY

3RD MED
BTY
4TH AA 
BTY

HQ
1ST, 2ND
HVY BTY

 RCHA

C BTY

A/B BTY

RCE

VICTORIA
NO. 11
DET HQ

NO. 13
DET HQ

NO. 10
DET HQ

NO.1
DET HQ

NO. 2
DET HQ

NO. 9
DET HQ
PET:
NO. 8

NO. 3 
DET HQ

NO. 4 
DET HQ

NO. 5
DET HQ

ST JOHN
NO. 7
DET HQ

NO. 6 DET HQ
1ST FD
COY

 RCCS

VICTORIA
NO. 11 DET HQ/
WESTRN FORTRESS ESTB

NO. 13 DET HQ

NO. 10 DET HQ

NO. 1 DET HQ

NO. 2 DET HQ

NO. 9 DET HQ

NO. 3 DET HQ

NO. 4 DET HQ

NO. 5 DET HQ

ST JOHN
NO. 7 DET HQ

NO. 6 DET HQ
EASTERN
FORTRESS
ESTB

RCR

C COY

B COY

D COY

A COY

 PPCLI

B COY

A COY

 R22ER

REGT

 RCASC

VICTORIA
NO. 11
DET HQ

NO. 13 DET HQ

NO. 10 DET HQ

NO. 1 DET HQ

NO. 2 DET HQ

NO. 9 DET HQ

NO. 3 DET HQ

NO. 4 DET HQ

NO. 5 DET HQ

ST JOHN NO. 7 DET HQ

NO. 6 DET HQ

 RCAMC

 RCOC

 RCAVC

RCAPC

CMSC

CDN SMALL
ARMS
SCHL

HQ
A, B, C
WINGS

Military Word Of The Day

ACO

Airspace Control Order

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Today in Military History

September 7

1191:

Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

1812:

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino - Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.

1864:

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1901:

The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.

1939:

Introduction of Atlantic convoys

1940:

Beginning of the London blitz

1940:

World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.

1942:

While escorting convoy QS-22 up the St. Lawerence river to the open sea, the armed yacht HMCS RACOON is struck by a torpedo from U-165. There are no survivors.

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