Battle of Pilckem Ridge
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The Battle of Pilckem Ridge was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The British Fifth Army, supported by the Second Army on the southern flank and the French 1reArm
British stretcher bearers carrying a wounded man over deep mud near Boesinghe
The British front line and the German defences in the area east of Ypres, mid-1917
British 18-pounder field gun battery near Boesinghe, taking up new positions, 31 July
Drei Grachten bridgehead, Flanders, 1917
Battle of Passchendaele
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The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. The battle took place on the Western Front,
Battle of Pilckem Ridge
…The Battle of Pilckem Ridge (31 July – 2 August 1917) was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The British Fifth Army, supported by the Second Army on the southern flank and the French 1reArmée (First Army) on the northern…
Australian gunners on a duckboard track in Château Wood, near Hooge, 29 October 1917. Photo by Frank Hurley.
The Eastern Front in 1917
The progression of the battle and the general disposition of troops