What the records say
- When
- 27 Sep 1918 – 1 Oct 1918
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.28° N, 3.12° E
- Location
- Canal du Nord
- Outcome
- Allied victory
- Belligerents
- German Empire vs United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand
Battle of the Canal du Nord
1918 battle of World War I
The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War by the Allies against German positions on the Western Front. The battle took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, along an incomplete portion of the Canal du Nord and on the outskirts of Cambrai between 27 September and 1 October 1918.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of the Canal du Nord, launched by British and Empire forces, continues the advance towards the Hindenburg Line”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille du Canal du Nord”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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