Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917)

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World War I battle battle

The Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British-led offensive on the Western Front, fought in April 1917 as part of the larger Arras campaign to break German defensive lines in northern France.

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Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of the Scarpe ⓘ
associatedWith Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Allied spring offensives of 1917

trench warfare ⓘ
attackingForce British First Army ⓘ
Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Third Army
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
campaign Arras campaign ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInSeries 2 ⓘ
combatant Canadian Corps ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Corps (as part of British forces)

units of the British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
commander Edmund Allenby ⓘ
commanderSide Edmund Allenby ⓘ
surface form: Edmund Allenby (British Empire)
conflictIn World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEnd 1917-04-24 ⓘ
dateStart 1917-04-23 ⓘ
defendingForce German 6th Army ⓘ
followedBy Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
location Western Front ⓘ
near Arras ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
notableFeature intensive artillery preparation ⓘ
use of creeping barrage by British forces ⓘ
objective to break German defensive lines east of Arras ⓘ
to continue the British offensive begun in the First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
operationType offensive ⓘ
opposingCommander Ludwig von Falkenhausen ⓘ
partOf Arras Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Arras Offensive (1917)

Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
partOfSeries Battles of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
precededBy First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
region Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Vimy Ridge ⓘ
Nivelle Offensive ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactical British gains ⓘ
river Scarpe River NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicContext part of Allied attempts to exploit German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfWarfare attrition warfare ⓘ
industrialized warfare ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Arras (1917) → associatedBattle → Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Arras 1917 → notableEngagement → Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Arras Offensive → notableEngagement → Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) → precededBy → Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ