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First Scarpe Offensive Opened

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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1917

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st9 April 1917

Scarpe · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig directs the opening First Army attack along the Scarpe during the Arras offensive.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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