Battle of Arras (1917)
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The Battle of Arras, also known as the Second Battle of Arras, was a British offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British troops attacked German defe
The town square, Arras, February 1919
Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers at Wagonlieu, 8 April 1917
Exit from the Allied military tunnels in the Carrière Wellington
British machine gunners fire on German aircraft near Arras
Hindenburg Line
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The Hindenburg Line was a German defensive fortification built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The line ran from Arras to Laffaux, near Soisso
Battle of Arras (1917)
…Battle of Vimy Ridge, capturing the ridge. The Third Army in the centre advanced astride the Scarpe River and in the south, the Fifth Army attacked the Hindenburg Line (Siegfriedstellung) but made few gains. The British armies then conducted smaller attacks to consolidate the new positions. Although these battles were…
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg in 1914
German defensive positions from July to November 1918
Mine crater in the road through Athies, to impede the British
Orchard near Etreillers cut down during the German withdrawal