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Battle of Ypres, 5th

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1918Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1918

Herbert Plumer28 September 1918

Ypres · Warfare / World War, 1st

Plumer attacks during the Fifth Battle of Ypres.

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stSeptember 1918

Ypres · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Flanders Advance is also known as the Fifth Battle of Ypres.

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st1918

Ypres · Warfare / World War, 1st

Devises a series of actions to advance into northern France and Belgium. Covers the entire British front from Dixmude to the Ypres salient

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stHerbert Plumer

Provenance

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