Battle of Havrincourt
The Battle of Havrincourt (12th September 1918) was launched as a successful attack by the British 3rd Army with three divisions against four German Army divisions holding the fortified town of Havrincourt
Role range: 1914-1918
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Douglas Haig Biography and Timeline — Page 6
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1918
Capture of Havrincourt
The Battle of Havrincourt (12th September 1918) was launched as a successful attack by the British 3rd Army with three divisions against four German Army divisions holding the fortified town of Havrincourt
Role range: 1914-1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
The Battle of Havrincourt (12th September 1918) was launched as a successful attack by the British 3rd Army with three divisions against four German Army divisions holding the fortified town of Havrincourt
Role range: 1914-1918
Third Army
The Battle of Havrincourt (12th September 1918) was launched as a successful attack by the British 3rd Army with three divisions against four German Army divisions holding the fortified town of Havrincourt
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Epehy
Following the success at Havrincourt, three corps of the British 4th Army, one corps of the British 3rd Army and units of the French First Army.
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Epehy
The Battle of Epehy (18th September 1918) was launched against a 20 mile section of outpost positions for the Hindenburg Line.
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Epehy
The left and right wings of the advance progressed with difficulty, but the two Australian divisions in the centre of the advance were successful in achieving an advance of three miles.
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Epehy
The success of this attack showed to the Allies that the German defence, even on the fortified Hindenburg Line positions, was not impossible to break through
Role range: 1914-1918
First Army
Following the success at Havrincourt, three corps of the British 4th Army, one corps of the British 3rd Army and units of the French First Army.
Role range: 1914-1918
First Army
The Battle of Epehy (18th September 1918) was launched against a 20 mile section of outpost positions for the Hindenburg Line.
Role range: 1914-1918
First Army
The left and right wings of the advance progressed with difficulty, but the two Australian divisions in the centre of the advance were successful in achieving an advance of three miles.
Role range: 1914-1918
First Army
The success of this attack showed to the Allies that the German defence, even on the fortified Hindenburg Line positions, was not impossible to break through
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
Following the success at Havrincourt, three corps of the British 4th Army, one corps of the British 3rd Army and units of the French First Army.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
The Battle of Epehy (18th September 1918) was launched against a 20 mile section of outpost positions for the Hindenburg Line.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
The left and right wings of the advance progressed with difficulty, but the two Australian divisions in the centre of the advance were successful in achieving an advance of three miles.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
The success of this attack showed to the Allies that the German defence, even on the fortified Hindenburg Line positions, was not impossible to break through
Role range: 1914-1918
Hindenburg Line
Following the success at Havrincourt, three corps of the British 4th Army, one corps of the British 3rd Army and units of the French First Army.
Role range: 1914-1918
Hindenburg Line
The Battle of Epehy (18th September 1918) was launched against a 20 mile section of outpost positions for the Hindenburg Line.
Role range: 1914-1918
Hindenburg Line
The left and right wings of the advance progressed with difficulty, but the two Australian divisions in the centre of the advance were successful in achieving an advance of three miles.
Role range: 1914-1918
Hindenburg Line
The success of this attack showed to the Allies that the German defence, even on the fortified Hindenburg Line positions, was not impossible to break through
Role range: 1914-1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Following the success at Havrincourt, three corps of the British 4th Army, one corps of the British 3rd Army and units of the French First Army.
Role range: 1914-1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
The Battle of Epehy (18th September 1918) was launched against a 20 mile section of outpost positions for the Hindenburg Line.
Role range: 1914-1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
The left and right wings of the advance progressed with difficulty, but the two Australian divisions in the centre of the advance were successful in achieving an advance of three miles.
Role range: 1914-1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
The success of this attack showed to the Allies that the German defence, even on the fortified Hindenburg Line positions, was not impossible to break through
Role range: 1914-1918
Third Army
Following the success at Havrincourt, three corps of the British 4th Army, one corps of the British 3rd Army and units of the French First Army.
Role range: 1914-1918
Third Army
The Battle of Epehy (18th September 1918) was launched against a 20 mile section of outpost positions for the Hindenburg Line.
Role range: 1914-1918
Third Army
The left and right wings of the advance progressed with difficulty, but the two Australian divisions in the centre of the advance were successful in achieving an advance of three miles.
Role range: 1914-1918
Third Army
The success of this attack showed to the Allies that the German defence, even on the fortified Hindenburg Line positions, was not impossible to break through
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Canal du Nord
The Battle of Canal du Nord (27th September - 1st October 1918) took place against a section of the canal and the outskirts of Cambrai. The British First Army was to cross the canal continuing the advance following on from the Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line and advance towards Cambrai
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line
The Battle of Canal du Nord (27th September - 1st October 1918) took place against a section of the canal and the outskirts of Cambrai. The British First Army was to cross the canal continuing the advance following on from the Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line and advance towards Cambrai
Role range: 1914-1918
Canal du Nord Crossing Supported
Haig supports the First Army crossing that opens the approach toward Cambrai.
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Flanders
1st day of the Battle of Flanders
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of the Peaks of Flanders
The Flanders Advance is also known as the Fifth Battle of Ypres.
Role range: 1914-1918
Hindenburg Line
The Meuse Argonne Offensive (26th September - 11th November 1918) was an Allied offensive with the aim of pushing the German Armies further east from their positions at the Hindenburg Line, cutting the Germans off from their important rail routes supplying their front line sectors
Role range: 1914-1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
The Meuse Argonne Offensive (26th September - 11th November 1918) was an Allied offensive with the aim of pushing the German Armies further east from their positions at the Hindenburg Line, cutting the Germans off from their important rail routes supplying their front line sectors
Role range: 1914-1918
Flanders Advance
Haig orders advances through the Ypres sector.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1918
Fourth Army
Quentin and Vendhuille had been incorporated into the German defences of the Hindenburg Line. The German defences on the canal comprised not only barbed wire entanglements and traps, but generally this stretch of canal was in a deep cutting of about 50 to 80 metres.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
The Battle of the St. Quentin Canal (29th September - 2nd October 1918) was an attack launched on 29th September by US, French and British forces. A north-south stretch of this canal between St.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
The British 4th Army and the French First Army had reached the canal sector in mid September, and were tasked with crossing the canal at the tunnel section or by the bridge
Role range: 1914-1918
Fourth Army
The canal ran through a tunnel at Bellicourt and there was a bridge further south of the tunnel at Bellenglise.
Role range: 1914-1918
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