Battle of Morval
(See also: Capture of Combles, Capture of Lesboeufs, and Capture of Gueudecourt) The Battle of Morval, 25–28 September 1916, was an attack during the Battle of the Somme by the British Fourth Army on the villages of Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesbœufs held by the German 1st Army, which had been the final objectives of the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September). The main British attack was postponed, to combine with attacks by the French Sixth Army on the village of Combles south of Morval, to close up to the German defences between Moislains and Le Transloy, near the Péronne–Bapaume road (N 17). The combined attack from the Somme river northwards to Martinpuich on the Albert–Bapaume road, was also intended to deprive the German defenders further west near Thiepval of reinforcements, be
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
Battle of Morval
(See also: Capture of Combles, Capture of Lesboeufs, and Capture of Gueudecourt) The Battle of Morval, 25–28 September 1916, was an attack during the Battle of the Somme by the British Fourth Army on the villages of Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesbœufs held by the German 1st Army, which had been the final objectives of the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September). The main British attack was postponed, to combine with attacks by the French Sixth Army on the village of Combles south of Morval, to close up to the German defences between Moislains and Le Transloy, near the Péronne–Bapaume road (N 17). The combined attack from the Somme river northwards to Martinpuich on the Albert–Bapaume road, was also intended to deprive the German defenders further west near Thiepval of reinforcements, be
has abstract
(See also: Capture of Combles, ...... had withstood earlier attacks.
@en
La bataille de Morval se dérou ...... s la Première Guerre mondiale.
@fr
La battaglia di Morval, che eb ...... te delle armate degli Alleati.
@it
causalties
combatant
date
1916-09-28
notes
Casualty statistics are incomp ...... ortion of the September total.
place of military conflict
result
Anglo-French victory
strength
11 British divisions
4 divisions
7 French divisions
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
734,952,755
Caption
casualties
subject
hypernym
point
50.03194444444444 2.873333333333333
comment
(See also: Capture of Combles, ...... Thiepval of reinforcements, be
@en
La bataille de Morval se dérou ...... s la Première Guerre mondiale.
@fr
La battaglia di Morval, che eb ...... te delle armate degli Alleati.
@it
label
Bataille de Morval
@fr
Battaglia di Morval
@it
Battle of Morval
@en
lat
5.0031944444e+1
long
2.8733333333e+0
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Battle of Morval
@en