Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917

When

19 Aug 1917

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.00° N, 3.00° E

Description

military action in WW1

Naval

yes

War

World War I

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Military action in WW1

The action of the Cockcroft took place on 19 August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front in the First World War. At the Battle of Langemarck an attack on the German 4th Army by the British Fifth Army, the infantry of the 48th Division and the 11th (Northern) Division of XVIII Corps had been stopped well short of their objectives.

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