Aftermath
The battle penetrated a majority of the defenses of the Hindenburg Line, and allowed the next attack (the Battle of Cambrai (1918)) to fully penetrate and start the advance beyond the Hindenburg Line.
Twelve Victoria Crosses, the highest military decoration for valour awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, were awarded for actions during the battle;
- Acting Lieutenant-Colonel John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
- Captain John MacGregor, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles.
- Captain Cyril Hubert Frisby, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
- Lieutenant Graham Thomson Lyall, 102nd (North British Columbia) Battalion, CEF.
- Lieutenant Samuel Lewis Honey, 78th (Winnipeg) Battalion, CEF.
- Lieutenant George Fraser Kerr, 3rd (Toronto) Battalion, CEF.
- Lieutenant Milton Fowler Gregg, Royal Canadian Regiment.
- Sergeant William Merrifield, 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion, CEF.
- Sergeant Frederick Charles Riggs, 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.
- Corporal Thomas Neely, 8th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).
- Lance-Corporal Thomas Norman Jackson, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards.
- Private Henry Tandey, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding).
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