Royal Irish Rifles' final engagement of the First World War

The advance of 107 Brigade, following the crossing of the River Lys on 20 October, continued towards the River Scheldt on 22 October 1918. The 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles captured Klijtberg Hill, a prominent crest crowned with a windmill, but were vigorously counterattacked and driven off the feature by a Prussian assault battalion, being driven back some 800 yards. However, 2 RIR soon launched another attack with two companies and recaptured the feature.

When established on the crest line, the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles passed through to continue the advance taking Vossenhoek. Enemy machine guns held up the advance to Klineberg and, because the 1st, 2nd and 15th Battalion The Royal Irish Rifles in 107 Brigade were exhausted and low in numbers, they were relieved soon after by 109 Brigade. For the Royal Irish Rifles in 107 Brigade, this was their final action in the Great War - the war now known as the First World War.