The Battle of the Lys, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, was fought from 7 to 29 April 1918 and was part of the German spring offensive in Flanders...
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The Battle of the Lys may refer to: Battle of the Lys (1918), part of the German Spring Offensive Battle of the Lys and the Escaut (1918), part of the...
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The Battle of the Lys and the Escaut was the third and last phase of the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) or the Ypres-Lys...
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singer Lys Mouithys (born 1985), Congolese football player Battle of the Lys (1918), a battle of World War I in France in the spring of 1918 Fleur-de-lys or...
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50th (Northumbrian) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Passchendaele Battle of the Somme (1918) St Quentin Rosières Battle of the Lys (1918) Estaires Hazebrouck Third Battle of the Aisne The practice of wearing...
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Operation Michael (redirect from Battle of the Ancre (1918))
the Battle of the Lys, are given as 348,300. A comparable Allied figure over this longer period, is French: 92,004 and British: 236,300, a total of c...
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The Lys (French pronunciation: [lis] ) or Leie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛiə] ) is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt...
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with an attack by the GAF from the Lys river at Comines northwards to Diksmuide. The British creeping barrage advanced at a rate of 100 yards (91 m) per...
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known as the Third Battle of Ypres. Between 400,000 and 900,000 casualties. Battle of the Lys (7 – 29 April 1918) also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres...
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The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but...
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the Eastern Pacific Ocean SS Georgette, a steamship built in 1872 Operation Georgette, a German World War I plan resulting in the Battle of the Lys (1918)...
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36th (Ulster) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Cambrai Battle of Saint Quentin Battle of Rossiers Battle of Lys Battle of Kemmel Battle of Messines 1918 Battle of Bailleul...
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Adolph von Carlowitz (category People from the Kingdom of Saxony)
he returned to the Western Front to lead the XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps. He participated with success in the Battle of the Lys (1918), and became commander...
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Hundred Days Offensive (redirect from Battle of the Serre)
a battle or strategy, but rather the rapid series of Allied victories. The German spring offensive on the Western Front had begun on 21 March 1918 with...
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6th Army (German Empire) (category Field armies of Germany in World War I)
formation in World War II German Army order of battle (1914) German Army order of battle, Western Front (1918) Schlieffen Plan Cron 2002, p. 394 Cron 2002...
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Battle of the Somme (1916) – Battle of Albert Battle of Arras (1917) Third Battle of Ypres First Battle of the Somme (1918) Battle of the Lys (1918)...
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The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (French: 3ème Bataille de Picardie), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which...
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Mesen (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
War I (1914–1918): Battle of Messines (1914) Battle of Messines (1917) and Mines in the Battle of Messines Battle of the Lys (1918) Church tower from...
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First Battle of Ypres, 1914 Second Battle of Ypres, 1915 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917 Battle of the Lys, also...
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1918) - The Battle of the Lys/Operation Georgette, second part of the German spring offensive Fifth Battle of Flanders (28 September – 2 October 1918)...
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until 4 June 1918 and was the first full-scale German offensive following the Lys Offensive in Flanders in April. The Germans held the Chemin des Dames...
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north of the Lys, when the battles of Armentières and Messines merged with the Battles of Ypres. Attacks by the BEF (Field Marshal Sir John French) the Belgians...
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German spring offensive (redirect from German offensive of 1918)
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western...
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The following is a list of wars involving Portugal. Military history of Portugal Unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin. See also: Auxiliary...
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Battle of the Lys (1918). Photographs of some of the men have been made available by Newcastle City Library's "Annitsford at War" project, with the original...
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105th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Infantry regiments of the United States Army National Guard)
On 31 August 1918, the Ypres-Lys Offensive commenced. The assault began with the 105th on the left side of the advance (abreast with the 106th Infantry)...
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2nd Division (Portugal) (category Military units and formations of Portugal in World War I)
precisely on the sectors defended by the Portuguese Division. In the resulting Battle of the Lys, the 20,000 Portuguese of 2nd Division suffered an assault...
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killed in the Battle of the Lys in April 1918. A total of 238 are unidentified. Other burials were moved to the site from the rest of France, Belgium...
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weeks later the submarine surrendered to France on 24 November 1918. History of Portugal Portuguese First Republic Battle of the Lys (1918) Portuguese...
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Arthur Poulter (category British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
at the museum. Baker, Chris, The Battle for Flanders – German defeat on the Lys 1918, Pen and Sword Military, Barnsley, 2011 p.81 "No. 30770". The London...
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