GILBERT JOSEPH HOLIDAY (BRITISH 1879-1937) Cavalry Charge  Signed Gilbert Holiday  (lower right) Watercolour, pencil and gouache 28 x 46cm (11 x 18in) Possibly depicting the Canadian Cavalry Brigade at the The Battle of Moreuil Wood (1918). The Cavalry attacked and forced the German 23rd Saxon Division to withdraw from Moreuil Wood, a commanding position on the river bank. This defeat at the hands of the Allies contributed to the halt of the German Spring Offensive of 1918.