Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
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The Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British offensive on the Western Front, fought in May 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Arras to push German forces back along the Scarpe River in northern France.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) canonical | 4 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| aim | to exploit earlier gains of the Battle of Arras ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Third Battle of the Scarpe ⓘ |
| belligerent | British Empire ⓘ |
| campaign |
Arras Offensive
ⓘ
surface form:
Arras Offensive (1917)
|
| commander |
Edmund Allenby
ⓘ
Julian Byng ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryAtTimeOfBattle | France ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
German Empire
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1917-05-03 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1917-05-04 ⓘ |
| followedBy | subsequent operations of the Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ |
| frontLength | approximately 11 kilometres ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| location |
Arras
ⓘ
surface form:
Arras, France
Scarpe River NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front ⓘ |
| month | May 1917 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
attacks against German defensive positions east of Arras
ⓘ
intensive artillery preparation ⓘ use of creeping barrage by British forces ⓘ |
| objective | to push German forces back along the Scarpe River ⓘ |
| opposingCommander | Ludwig von Falkenhausen ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ |
| precededBy | Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) ⓘ |
| primaryAttacker |
British First Army
ⓘ
Third Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form:
British Third Army
|
| primaryDefender |
German 6th Army
ⓘ
surface form:
German Sixth Army
|
| region |
Hauts-de-France
ⓘ
surface form:
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
|
| result |
limited territorial gains for the British
ⓘ
tactical British success ⓘ |
| river | Scarpe ⓘ |
| side | Allied offensive ⓘ |
| strategicContext | part of Allied spring offensives of 1917 ⓘ |
| theatre |
Western Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front of World War I
|
| typeOfOperation | offensive ⓘ |
| year | 1917 ⓘ |
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