Julian Byng21 August 1918
Commands Third Army as the Battle of Albert opens the Second Battles of the Somme.
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Commands Third Army as the Battle of Albert opens the Second Battles of the Somme.
Begins the next phase of the Allied advance after Amiens by attacking toward Albert.
British Third and Fourth Armies renew the advance on the old Somme battlefield, forcing the German Second Army back.
Commands VI Corps as Third Army widens pressure on German positions.
Commands IV Corps in Third Army operations during the Battle of Albert.
Commands V Corps during Third Army attacks on the Albert front.
Commands III Corps in Fourth Army operations during the renewed Somme advance.
Advances Fourth Army alongside Third Army as Albert is retaken.
Commands Third Army during the Second Battle of Bapaume phase.
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