"The Railway Station at Valenciennes", 2 November, 1918 From the regimental history: "Valenciennes Railway Station showing floods caused by Germans to hamper British Advance".The flooded station at Valenciennes, the enemy fired mines and destroyed the station when they found they could not hold the town against the Canadians." Building on left, rail lines in foreground and puddle. There are three photos (all labelled o.3563) at Library Archives Canada (LAC) which have the description "The Railway Station at Valenciennes". They are also are also attached. During World War I the German army occupied the town in 1914. Valenciennes was retaken after bitter fighting in 1918, by British and Canadian troops (one of whose soldiers, a recipient of the Victoria Cross Sergeant Hugh Cairns of the PPCLI, was honoured in 1936 when the city named an avenue after him).