Action at Fontaine Notre Dame,
The village of Fontaine-Notre Dame lies 5 miles wets of Cambrai. The
village was captured by the 51st Highland Division on the 21st November
1917, and again on the 27th November 1917 by the Guards Division, it
was then that Sgt John McAulay of the 1st battalion Scots Guards won his
Victoria Cross. it was taken again by the Germans' until re captured
by the 3rd and 4th Canadian divisions and the British 57th Division.
Sergeant John
McAulay, 1st Battalion Scots
Guards Winning the VC at Fontaine Notre Dame, France 27th November 1917 By
David Rowlands