Battle of Morval

Quand

25 sept. 1916 – 28 sept. 1916

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

50.03° N, 2.84° E

Description

1916 battle of World War I

War

World War I

Part of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War

The Battle of Morval, 25–28 September 1916, was an attack during the Battle of the Somme by the British Fourth Army on the villages of Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesbœufs held by the German 1st Army, which had been the final objectives of the Battle of Flers–Courcelette. The main British attack was postponed to combine with attacks by the French Sixth Army on the village of Combles south of Morval.

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