Battle of the Lys (1918)

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battle military offensive

The Battle of the Lys (1918) was a major German offensive on the Western Front in Flanders during World War I, aimed at breaking through Allied lines as part of the wider German Spring Offensive.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of the Lys (1918) canonical 3
Battle of the Lys 2
Battle of the Lys 1918 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Estaires NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fourth Battle of Ypres ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
belligerentSide France: Allied Powers ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
surface form: German Empire: Central Powers

Portugal: Allied Powers ⓘ
United Kingdom: Allied Powers ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Douglas Haig ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff ONNED1 ⓘ
Ferdinand von Quast ⓘ
Henry Horne ⓘ
Herbert Plumer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
Humberto da Silva Delgado ⓘ
surface form: Humberto Delgado Rosa (Portuguese command, generically)

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf World War I ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
endDate 1918-04-29 ⓘ
followedBy Third Battle of the Aisne ⓘ
surface form: Third Battle of the Aisne (1918)
involvedUnit British First Army ONNED1 ⓘ
British Second Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
German 4th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
German 6th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
location Belgium ⓘ
Flanders ONNED1 ⓘ
France ⓘ
namedAfter Lys River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Bailleul (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Estaires (sub‑phase) ⓘ
Battle of Messines (1918) ⓘ
First Battle of Kemmel Ridge ⓘ
Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge ⓘ
objective break through Allied lines in Flanders ⓘ
capture Ypres ⓘ
drive a wedge between British and French forces ⓘ
partOf German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
surface form: German Spring Offensive

Kaiserschlacht ⓘ
precededBy Operation Michael ONNED1 ⓘ
result Allied strategic victory ⓘ
German tactical gains ⓘ
startDate 1918-04-09 ⓘ
theatre Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

German Spring Offensive (1918) → notableBattle → Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
51st (Highland) Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
Third Battle of the Aisne → precededBy → Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Lys
Lys River → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
Operation Georgette → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Lys
Operation Georgette → notableEngagement → Battle of the Lys (1918) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Lys 1918