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	Passchendaele - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After their successes at Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Hill 70, the Canadians were considered to be an élite force and were sent into action in some of the worst conditions of the war.
		Because of the Third Battle of Ypres there were insufficient reserves available to exploit the Allied success at the Battle of Cambrai, the first breakthrough by massed tanks, that restored somewhat the shaken confidence of the British government in the final victory.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Passchendaele (2571 words)

	Battle of Messines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumer's second army, which included the 16th (Irish) Division and the 36th (Ulster) Division, near the villages of Mesen (in French Messines, as it was on most maps at that time) and Wytschaete.
		The target of the offensive was the Messines Ridge, a natural stronghold southeast of Ypres, a town in the West Flanders province of Belgium.
		The attack was also a harbinger to the much larger Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, which began on July 31, 1917.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Messines (374 words)

	Messines, Battle of - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Messines, Battle of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A significant factor in the battle was the unprecedented scale of mining operations by the British; some 20 mines were excavated and charged with 600 tons of explosive.
		The battle began with an exceptionally heavy artillery bombardment, lasting over a week, which did considerable damage to the German defences, followed by the detonation of the mines on the morning of the battle itself.
		Messines remained in British hands until the German Spring Offensive in 1918, but was re-taken in September 1918.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Messines,%20Battle%20of (237 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (B)
		The Battle of Algiers was a bitter conflict in Algiers from 1954 to 1962 between the Algerian nationalist population and the French colonial army and French settlers.
		The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
		The Battle of Navas de Tolosa was fought in 1212 between Yakub Almansur of the Almohades and the kings of Aragon, Castile and Navarre.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F2.HTM (17055 words)

	World War One Battlefields : Flanders: Messines
		The battle for Messines ridge which commenced on June the 7th 1917 was hailed as a triumph in strategy.
		Before the battle of Messines, in early 1917 this spot was approximately where the German lines (Oyster trench as marked on British trench-maps) ran, and the cemetery does not in fact date from the War itself, but was created after the Armistice.
		Messines was the prequel to the main Third Battle of Ypres, and after the promising start gained by Plumer (who surely deserves more recognition for his achievements) that battle became another long and weary slog, with small gains made at times in awful conditions, and it ground to a halt as winter closed in.
	www.ww1battlefields.co.uk /flanders/messines.html (3151 words)

	World War One Battles
		Battle of Jutland also known by the Germans as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skaggerakschlacht) occurred on 31 May - 1 June 1916, the first and the only full scale battleship clash during WW I between the German High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) and the British Grand Fleet.
		The battle is often regarded as demonstrating that the Royal Navy was technologically inferior to the German Navy.
		The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, which ran from 14-17 July 1916 and comprised part of the second phase of the Somme Offensive, was launched primarily by Reserve Army (twelve battalions) with Rawlinson's Fourth Army providing a further battalion, on a front extending from Longueval to Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles2.htm (17855 words)

	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, West-Vlaanderen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Messines Ridge British Cemetery is located 9.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre on the Nieuwkerkestraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg, N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres.
		An attack by French troops on 6 -7 November was unsuccessful and it was not until the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917 that it was retaken by the New Zealand Division.
		MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, which stands on ground that belonged to the Institution Royale, was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield around Messines and from a number of small burial grounds in the area.
	www.silentcities.co.uk /cemeterym/Messines%20Ridge%20British%20Cemetery,%20Messines,%20West-Vlaanderen.htm (550 words)

	MESSINES
		The Battle of Messines began on June 7, 1917 and involved the new 3rd Division, which was keen to prove itself, and the veteran 4th Division.
		Large mines were placed in these tunnels and the opening of the battle was signalled by the explosion of 19 of these mines.
		The Allied victory at Messines was major gain for the allies, as this area was one of the strongest held positions of the Western Front.
	www.macknortshs.qld.edu.au /ANZAC/messines.htm (193 words)

	Battle of Messines Ridge
		I feel at a loss to give an account of myself and of events generally during the past two weeks, for such a poor pen as mine cannot compass the tremendous events the awe-inspiring sights and the terrible ordeals which we have seen and gone through.
		Great caves had been excavated in the sides of hills, capable of holding a whole brigade, deep dugouts within a stones throw of the front had been made to accommodate the different staffs and vast piles of rations, ammunition, wood and the million and one articles needed were stacked in all manner of secluded places.
		The battle rolled on throughout the night and we had various excursions running new lines and repairing existing ones.
	www.gogippsland.com /history/messines.html (1408 words)

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		Messines wants to be a real peace city and so the town council was glad to be a part of the International School of Peace Studies.
		The first battle of Messines took place between the 30th October and 3rd November 1914 (the Battle of the London Scottish Regiment).
		The second battle, the mine battle of Messines Ridge, was on the 7th June 1917.
	www.mesen.be /en/toerisme/adressen.asp (1332 words)

	1917. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Second Battle of the Aisne and Third Battle of Champagne.
		The British second army (Gen. Herbert Plumer) launched a surprise attack on Messines Ridge, and was entirely successful in straightening the Ypres salient.
		Battle of Cambrai, the first great tank raid.
	www.bartleby.com /67/1801.html (365 words)

	The Battle of Messines - June 1917
		At 0310 hrs on Thursday 7th June, 1917 the British Second Army under General Sir Herbert Plumer started an attack which in three hours resulted in the capture of the whole of the Messines Ridge on the South side of the Ypres Salient.
		Three hours later, the whole of the Messines Ridge was taken.
		When the Germans launched their Lys Offensive in April, 1918, the British HQ was overrun and the documents relating to these two mines was lost and they never were dug up.
	www.chavasse.u-net.com /messines.html (611 words)

	Messines, often called Messines Ridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Messines Ridge, in Flanders, was attacked on 7 June 1917, the II Anzac Corps, forming the right of the British attack.
		The attack, in this sector of the battle, was made from the foot of the nearer hill.
		It was used by Australians during the Battle of Messines and was one of a number of similar posts erected in this and other areas.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww1/france/messines.htm (923 words)

	Mesen: The Battle for Messines Ridge 7 June 1917
		From an Irish point of view, the Battle for Messines in June 1917 is important because for the first time the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) would fight alongside each other.
		Messines fell into the area of the British Second Army under the command of General Sir Hubert Plumer.
		The Messines operation was therefore extended to include not just the summit of the ridge but also the German defensive lines on the other side of it as well.
	www.webmatters.net /belgium/ww1_mesen_1.htm (1195 words)

	The Battles of La Bassée, Messines and Armentières
		The Official History describes these battles as lasting into November, which is concurrent with the First Battles of Ypres.
		The strategic move of the BEF from the Aisne to an area that placed it once again on the left flank of the French Army and shortened its lines of communication was clearly sensible, necessary and efficiently executed.
		The clash of the British Corps with the advance of the German Army in the area of the River Lys and as far north as Messines could be said to be part of the epic First Battles of Ypres.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat6.htm (2122 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Herbert Plumer
		The Messines attack was planned with great care and, unusually, achieved all its objectives quickly and at a fraction of the usual cost.
		It was begun with the explosion of 19 of 21 mines at dawn on 7 June that was said to form the loudest man-made sound up to that time; Lloyd-George is reported to have heard the explosions in Downing Street.
		Following the Messines success, Plumer was appointed to salvage the disastrously unsuccessful Passchendaele campaign overseen by Gough.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/plumer.htm (440 words)

	50,000 lb WWI Bomb Found Under Belgian Farm
		The plan was to plant 25 enormous mines under the enemy trenches and then blow them shortly before a major offensive planned for the summer of that year.
		As many as 6,000 German troops perished in the inferno and the Messines Ridge was quickly taken by General Sir Herbert Plumer's Second Army.
		The Battle of Messines was regarded as the most successful local operation of the war.
	www.rense.com /general47/50000lbWW1bomb.htm (636 words)

	FIELDS OF DEATH. Battle Scenes of the First World War - SLOWE, PETER & WOODS, RICHARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		LOOS-ARMENTIERES = Battle of Armentieres (1914), Plugstreet (1914), Battle of Neuve Chapelle (1915), Battle of Loos (1915), Cuinchy (1916), Lens (1917) and Battle of the River Lys (1918).
		ARRAS = The Battle for Vimy Ridge (1916), Battle of Arras (1917), Avion (1917) and German Spring Offensive (1918).
		SOMME = Battle of the Somme (1916), Guillemont (1916), Martinpuich (1916), Near Lesboeufs (1916), Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (1918), German Spring Offensive (1918), Rossignol Wood (1918) and Battle of Amiens (1918).
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/dmd/25102.shtml (292 words)

	Australian Military Units
		The initial assault was preceded by the detonation of 19 mines under the German font line which caused an estimated 10 000 German casualties.
		The battle is often cited as a model for a well planned limited objective attack.
		Messines represented a preliminary to the major British offensive in Flanders in 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/event_81.asp (156 words)

	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of the Battles of the Somme, July to November, 1916, while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres[?], 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated.
		2nd ANZAC (Australian 3rd and 4th Divisions, New Zealand Division plus the British 25th Division) fought in the Battle of Messines[?], July 1917, which was a prelude to an Allied offensive from the Ypres salient.
		At Villers-Bretonneux, in the 1918 First Battles of the Somme, the ANZAC designation ceased to be used to represent an army corps containing Australian and New Zealand Divisions.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Anzac.html (481 words)

	World War One: The Battle of Messines Ridge
		One that comes to mind is the Battle of Messines Ridge.
		Although it was just another battle that helped win the war, this particular episode helped shape some of the characters of this great war.
		The Battle of Messines Ridge pitted the British against the German army.
	www.expage.com /page/history1 (681 words)

	The Battle of Messines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In order to relieve German pressure on the French army, which had been seriously weakened by the failure of the Nivelle offensive and the mutinies that followed, Haig planned a major new offensive for the summer of 1917.
		On 14 June, the battle came to an end as enemy resistance stiffened, but the rest of the salient had been taken.
		It was 'one of the most complete local victories of the war' and for the first time German losses (25,000) exceeded those of the British (17,000).
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/messines.htm (323 words)

	Self Drive battlefield tours at Ypres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Also an outline of The Second Battle of Ypres, and its impact upon the positions on the northern section of the Ridge around Hill 60, due to the first use of gas, and an examination of events, military and political, leading to the The Battle of Messines.
		Clear and concise descriptions within the narrative, of the 1917 Battle of Messines, relate directly to specially prepared trench map sections, covering ten separate important locations, which identify the places of attack and the forces engaged.
		Across the front of the II Anzac Corps (4th October, Battle of Broodseinde), past Hill 40 and Dochy farm and on to Gravenstafel Ridge.
	www.ypres-battlefield-tours.com /Tours-4.htm (2072 words)

	Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the Missing is situated within Messines Ridge British Cemetery, which is located 9.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre on the Nieuwkerkestraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg, N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres.
		MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, in which this memorial stands, occupies ground that belonged to the Institution Royale.
		It was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield around Messines and from a number of small burial grounds in the area.
	www.silentcities.co.uk /cemeterym/Messines%20Ridge%20(New%20Zealand)%20Memorial,%20West-Vlaanderen.htm (483 words)

	Remembering the fallen - Wairarapa Times-Age - Nov 12 2004 5:00AM - localnews
		Many thousands of Allied soldiers, including New Zealanders, were killed during the Battle of Messines in June, 1917.
		Mrs Staples sent a message to her counterpart in Messines saying that today the two countries live in peace "although world events remind us that there are still those who will use war to attain power".
		Messines Mayor Sandy Evrard wrote to Mrs Staples congratulating her on her election to the mayoralty and sending greetings to the people of South Wairarapa.
	www.times-age.co.nz /storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3609659&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= (227 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Messines, 1917
		Carried out by General Herbert Plumer's Second Army, it was launched on 7 June 1917 with the detonation of 19 underground mines underneath the German mines.
		The attack was also a precursor to the much larger Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, decided upon by the British Commander-in-Chief Sir Douglas Haig following the collapse of the French Nivelle Offensive earlier in May 1917.
		Of the two mines which remained undetonated on 7 June, the details of their precise location were mislaid by the British following the war, to the discomfort of local townspeople.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/messines.htm (697 words)

	Ypres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On Saturday: an excursion in depth on the battle of Messines.
		Most of us knew that the battle of Messines was a preperation for the battle of Passchendaele.
		We had an excelent lunchbreak in a restaurant in Messines where we visited the small but very interesting museum in the townhall of Messines and New Zealand memorial park with the German bunkers.
	home.wanadoo.nl /roblemmens/ypres_july_2001.htm (714 words)

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