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- When
- 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.00° N, 3.00° E
- Description
- 1917 battle
- War
- World War I
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Gheluvelt Plateau actions, July–August 1917
The Gheluvelt Plateau actions, July–August 1917 took place from 31 July to 27 August, during the Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium, in the First World War. The British Fifth Army and the German 4th Army fought for possession of the plateau at the highest part of the ridges to the south-east, east and north-east of Ypres in West Flanders.
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