Night action of 1/2 December 1917

When

1 Dec 1917 – 2 Dec 1917

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.90° N, 3.02° E

War

World War I

The Night action of 1/2 December 1917 during the First World War, was a local operation on the Western Front, in Belgium at the Ypres Salient. The action was a British Fourth Army attack on the German 4th Army. The Third Battle of Ypres proper had ended officially on 20 November but the attack was intended to capture the heads of valleys leading eastwards from the ridge, to gain observation over German positions.

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