6 February 1917
Operations on the Ancre
German forces begin abandoning exposed positions on the Ancre front under British pressure.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Ancre in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
German forces begin abandoning exposed positions on the Ancre front under British pressure.
German forces withdraw from exposed positions on the Ancre front.
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