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Scimitar Hill Attack Directed

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

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1915Date range
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Chronological records

1915

Beauvoir De Lisle21 August 1915

Scimitar Hill · Warfare / World War, 1st

De Lisle directs the British attack at Scimitar Hill, which ends with heavy casualties and no decisive gain.

Names involved

Beauvoir De Lisle

Provenance

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