A decade after the end of World War One, a bitter conflict unfolded in a Cobourg courtroom, dredging up memories of one of the darkest periods in Canadian history. The Currie Libel Trial, also known as the Third Battle of Mons, saw General Sir Arthur William Currie sue the Port Hope Evening Guide over a frontpage article it published which claimed Currie was responsible for thousands of casualties on the last day of the Great War. Currie sued the paper for the equivalent of $750,000 in today’s currency.