Defence of Festubert

Quando

24 de nov. de 1914

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

50.54° N, 2.74° E

Description

first World War engagement on Western Front

War

World War I

First World War engagement on Western Front

The Defence of Festubert was an engagement on the Western Front early in the First World War when Indian and British battalions of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the Indian Army defended the village of Festubert against a German attack. It was one of the first actions in the war in which an operation was conducted against a prepared defensive position.

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