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Broodseinde Ridge Attack Conducted

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

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1917Date range
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Chronological records

1917

Herbert Plumer4 October 1917

Flanders · Warfare / World War, 1st

Plumer's forces gain important ground at Broodseinde during the strongest phase of the Flanders offensive.

Names involved

Herbert Plumer

Provenance

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