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- When
- 30 Jun 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.57° N, 2.74° E
- Description
- 1916 battle on the Western Front of World War I
- War
- World War I
Attack on the Boar's Head
1916 battle on the Western Front of World War I
The Attack on the Boar's Head was an operation at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France, during the First World War. Troops of the 39th Division, XI Corps in the First Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), advanced to capture the Boar's Head, a salient held by the German 6th Army.
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