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The Battle of Cambrai (Battle of Cambrai, 1917, First Battle of Cambrai and Schlacht von Cambrai) was a British attack in the First World War, followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914.
The Battle of Cambrai ensued, which saw the most extensive use of tanks to date, more than twice the previous number in one engagement, as well as new combined arms tactics. As the British had not adequately prepared for the strength of German defenses, on the morning of 26 November 1917, Rupprecht and Marwitz planned at le Cateau the first ...
The Battle of Cambrai, 1918 (also known as the Second Battle of Cambrai) was fought between troops of the British First, Third and Fourth Armies and German Empire forces during the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War. The battle took place in and around the French city of Cambrai, between 8 and 10 October 1918. The battle incorporated ...
This included most of the battle of the Somme (1916) and the battle of Arras (1917). He was wounded again on 22 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai, nearly killed by a machine gun bullet which passed through his left thigh and severed his femoral artery. His life was saved by his colleagues, who quickly applied a tourniquet.
Battle of Cambrai may refer to one of two British World War I campaigns near the town of Cambrai, France: Battle of Cambrai (1917), a British military offensive that involved the first successful use of tanks and combined arms; Battle of Cambrai (1918), a British military offensive during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I
During this time, the Canadian Corps fought as part of the British Fourth Army in the Battle of Amiens, then as part of the British First Army in the Second Battle of the Somme, Battle of the Scarpe, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of Cambrai, Battle of the Selle, Battle of Valenciennes and finally at Mons, on the final day of combat before ...
Pages in category "Battles of the War of the League of Cambrai" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Battle of the Spurs; V.
The memorial lists the 7,048 [4] missing soldiers of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died at the Battle of Cambrai and have no known graves. [5] The memorial was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium, [6] with sculpture by Charles Sargeant Jagger. [2]