Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) was an attack by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer), on the Western Front, near the village of Messines...
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were fired during the First World War at the start of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917). The battle was fought by the British Second Army (General Sir...
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Committee Report of 1922 called the Flanders Offensive of 1917 "The Battle of Messines 1917" (7–14 June) and "The Battles of Ypres 1917" (31 July – 10 November)...
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Battle of Messines may refer to: Battle of Messines (1914) Battle of Messines (1917) Battle of Messines (1918) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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36th (Ulster) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
1916). Battle of Somme 1916 or Battle of Albert Battle of Messines (1917) Battle of Langemarck or Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Cambrai Battle of Saint...
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The Battle of Messines was fought in October 1914 between the armies of the German empire against the British empire and France, as part of what came...
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Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras 1917. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 1-84415-326-6. Passingham, I. (1998). Pillars of Fire: The Battle of Messines Ridge,...
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Richard Nauyokas (category British people of American descent)
the German front line in an effort to break the stalemate of the Battle of Messines. (1917). Nauyokas appears alongside Tom Goodman-Hill and Andrew Scarborough...
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Tunnel warfare (section Coming of gunpowder)
2010-05-17. "First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Messines, 1917". www.firstworldwar.com. "The Tunnelling Companies RE of 1914-1918". Archived from the...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Eloi (Ypres). Actions of St Eloi Craters Battle of Messines (1917) Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917) List of Canadian battles during the First World...
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National Library of Australia, Canberra, pp. 255–314. ISBN 0642107912 Accessed 2 January 2014. "Battles: The Battle of Messines, 1917". Firstworldwar.com...
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Mesen (redirect from Messines, Belgium)
(1914) Battle of Messines (1917) and Mines in the Battle of Messines Battle of the Lys (1918) Church tower from Mesen Sint-Niklaaskerk Messines Ridge British...
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Sam Gloade (category Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal)
Canadian Engineers. Sam was in the Battle of Messines (1917). He reported: Late that afternoon the German artillery on Messines Ridge began to shell our trench...
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Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (redirect from Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer of Messines)
June 1917 won an overwhelming victory over the German Army at the Battle of Messines, which started with the simultaneous explosion of a series of mines...
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Hill 60 (Ypres) (category Military history of Belgium during World War I)
of underground fighting until June 1917, when they were fired along with the rest of the mines under Messines Ridge at the beginning of the Battle of...
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Spanbroekmolen (category 1917 in Belgium)
Battle of Messines [permanent dead link] (Dutch) Messines Ridge photo essay Map of the mines in the Battle of Messines Map of the mines in the Battle...
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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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Victory title (category Military awards and decorations of ancient Rome)
Allenby, of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk, in 1919. Field Marshal Sir Herbert Plumer, commander in the Battle of Messines (1917), was...
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that 86% of critics have been positive with the film based on 14 reviews, with an average score of 7.14/10. Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917) Hill 60...
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October, took place mainly north of the Lys, when the battles of Armentières and Messines merged with the Battles of Ypres. Attacks by the BEF (Field...
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3rd Royal Bavarian Division (category Infantry divisions of Bavaria in World War I)
the division fought in the Battle of the Somme. In 1917, the division fought in the Battle of Arras and the Battle of Messines, after which it went to the...
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Battle of the Somme, and reaching a zenith in the mines in the Battle of Messines which were exploded on 7 June 1917 at the start of the Third Battle...
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In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign is a history of the Third Battle of Ypres by Leon Wolff, published in 1958, with an introduction by Maj. Gen. J...
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also be found. Saint Peter Church Grave of Major Willie Redmond, killed during the Battle of Messines (1917) Entrance to the Locre No.10 Cemetery "Locre...
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William Ratcliffe (category Lives of WWI ID not in Wikidata)
following deed took place during the Battle of Messines for which he was awarded the VC. On 14 June 1917 at Messines, Belgium, after an enemy trench had...
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16th (Irish) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
ISBN 0-7165-2495-3. Battle of Hulluch Battle of the Somme (1916) Battle of Guillemont Battle of Ginchy Battle of Messines (1917) Third Battle of Ypres Irish National...
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The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Messines Ridge British Cemetery, near the town of Mesen, Belgium. The...
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HMCS Messines was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers constructed for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Following...
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Mines on the Italian front (World War I) (category Explosions in 1917)
the first day of the Somme (1916) were constructed in a chalk and flint area and where e.g. the mines in the Battle of Messines (1917) were constructed...
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