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	Battle of the Lys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British 55th (West Lancashire) Division troops blinded by tear gas during the battle, 10 April 1918.
		The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1918 German Operation Georgette offensive in Flanders during the First World War.
		The 2nd Portuguese Division, commanded by General Gomes da Costa, with approximately 20,000 men, lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, resisting the attack of four German divisions, with 50,000 men of 6th German Army, commanded by General von Quast, in the German Offensive in Flanders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Georgette (200 words)

	List of battles (geographic) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Sedgemoor - 1685 - Monmouth Rebellion
		Battle of Grotnik - 1439 - Polish rebellion*Battle of Grunwald - 1410
		Battle of Niquitao - 1813 - Campaña Admirable
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_battles_(geographic) (1139 words)

	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 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/Third_Battle_of_Ypres (2476 words)

	Ypres Summary Page
		The battle that followed saw a change in type of warfare from one of mobile infantry and some cavalry of the static war of trench warfare.
		During the battle the BEF had almost ceased to exist, by the end of 1914 some 90,000 (or 90%) of the original BEF were casualties with 30% dead and so the cause was set.
		The battles of Third Ypres are classic examples of the advantage of defence, one which should of been learn after the Somme the previous year.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dccfarr/summary.htm (1404 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)

	1918, March 21-April 5. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Allied counteroffensive was of importance because it frustrated Ludendorff's plan for a great attack in Flanders, and because it enabled Foch to take the initiative in the months to come.
		After the second battle of the Marne the Allied forces, together with the Americans, gradually went over to a sustained offensive, consisting at first of a series of local attacks but later merging into a general movement.
		The resulting blows, together with the news of the surrender of Bulgaria, shook the nerve of Gen. Ludendorff, who, in something of a panic, demanded (Sept. 29) that the government initiate armistice and peace negotiations while the army could still hold out.
	www.bartleby.com /67/1781.html (584 words)

	The Accrington Pals \| Battle of the Lys (Hazebrouck), 11th-13th April 1918 \| Page 1 of 3
		Battle of the Lys (Hazebrouck), 11th-13th April 1918
		By nightfall, the line had been advanced by as much as 4½ miles (7km) where the Germans had established a bridgehead north of the River Lys at Bac St. Maur.
		As German troops south of Armentieres continued to push north and west, British divisions still weakened from the Somme offensive were sucked into the battle.
	www.pals.org.uk /lys.htm (671 words)

	97 Bty History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the 21st August the Battle of Vimiera was turned into a British victory largely through the destructive fire of the guns, which shattered the enemy's attacking columns before they could reach the infantry.
		In 1811, Lawson advanced the Company from the Lines and was in action at the Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro in May, Later, in January 1812, was employed in the trench warfare during the siege and subsequent storming of Cuidad Rodrigo as siege artillery.
		At this decisive battle the French lost every gun they had in the field (over 150), and the massed fire of the British artillery was undoubtedly the factor which contributed chiefly to the victory.
	www.army.mod.uk /4regtra/regimental_history/97_bty_history.htm (3370 words)

	mypage4.htm
		I assume Tom was in the 42nd division Click here for exploits of the 42nd Division However, he died after the Battle of the Selle, possibly with another Division as the 42nd was reduced by then.
		Percy was killed in between the Battles of Arras (finished 5th April) and Albert (began 21st August).
		James died in between the Battle of Arras (ended 5th April) and The Battle of Albert (21st - 13rd August).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /laura.vizard/mypage4.htm (2925 words)

	Battles and Engagements France and Flanders 1918
		Battles 105 - 113 are also known as First Battles of the Somme, part of the German offensive in Picardy.
		Battles 114 - 121 are also known as The Battle of the Lys, part of the German offensive in Flanders.
		Battle 124 was part of the German offensive in Champagne.
	orbat.com /site/warpath/battles_ff/1918_pt1.htm (228 words)

	France at War - Portugal in the Great War
		[16] In the coming battle, the 20.000 men and 88 guns of the CEP, would face the brunt of the assault of the German LV and XIX Corps, with a total of almost 100.000 men supported by most of the 1700 artillery pieces assigned to the Sixth Army.
		The stage was being set for what is known in Portugal as "The Battle of La Lys" - 9 April 1918 - the first day of Ludendorff's Lys Offensive, otherwise known as "Operation Georgette", and as "Battle of Estaires" to the British official history.
		The main sources for the preceding paragraphs on the battle of La Lys on 9 April 1918 were Castro Henriques/Rosas Leitão, pgs.
	www.worldwar1.com /france/portugal.htm (3075 words)

	Arthur L. Frothingham. Handbook of War Facts and Peace Problems. 1919. Chapters 6-7.
		Battle of the Marne.---For five days, from the 6th to the 10th of September one of the most decisive battles in history was fought and won by the French: the first Battle of the Marne.
		Battle of the Somme.---The second stage of the year, on the western front is marked by the Battle of the Somme; which developed into a struggle around the little river Ancre.
		Battle of Arras.---Then began the first serious fighting of the year, the Battle of Arras, between the British and the Germans.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/WarFacts/wfacts3.htm (14658 words)

	1918 - Arras to the End - The Irish Guards in the Great War - Rudyard Kipling, Book, etext
		Battle order for the coming day would be the Battalion in reserve, 4th Grenadiers on their left, and 3rd Coldstream on the right.
		The Lewis-guns of the Battalion—and this was pre-eminently a battle of Lewis-guns—blazed all that morning from behind what cover they had, at the general movement of the enemy between La Couronne and Verte Rue which they had occupied.
		Moreover, when the blame for some incident of battle or fatigue was his, he confessed and took it upon his own shoulders in the presence of all.
	whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/IrishGuardsv2/1918_arras2end.html (10132 words)

	The History Bookshop
		26th-8th April: first Battle of Gaza; British forces advance on the Turkish forces holding Gaza, but the town is not taken.
		9th-21st: the Battle of Arras and Vimy Ridge.
		9-29th: Battle of the Lys; German forces to the south of the Ypres Salient try, unsuccessfully, to break British lines and drive to the coast.
	www.historybookshop.com /timelines/first-w-war-after-1917-19.htm (1266 words)

	Here is the History of the 2nd Battalion during WW1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Battle of Le Transloy (eighth phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916) (88th Brigade)
		The Battle of Messines, 1918 (second phase of the Battles of the Lys) (88th Brigade)
		The Battle of Bailleul (fourth phase of the Battles of the Lys) (88th Brigade)
	www.pauljerrard.com /ww1/Battalions/2ndhampshire.html (1093 words)

	SparkNotes: World War I (1914–1919): Endgame
		At Lys, the British and French began to lose ground once more, and the Germans recaptured places (such as Passchendaele and Messines) that the Allies had won in hard-fought battles the previous year.
		By the end of the Battle of Lys on April 29, the German army, despite its run of recent success, saw morale at an all-time low.
		Although the battle continued for many weeks, the Germans’ will to fight was shattered, and Kaiser Wilhelm II knew that the end was looming.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/ww1/section10.rhtml (1826 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		In the great Battle of the Somme in the Summer of 1916 the battalion was continuously employed.
		Throughout April and May they were hard at work preparing for the battle, making communication trenches, tramways and roads, and building a bridge for tanks over the River Douve.
		Moved further north for the Third Battle of Ypres the 25th Division early in August relieved the 8th Division after the latter had been held up in its attack on the Westhoek Ridge.
	www.rrw.org.uk /museums/brecon/fact_sheets/13.htm (793 words)

	Army - The Soldiers' Newspaper
		Sombre: Coffin bearers carry the remains of an Australian soldier who died during the Battle of Lys on April 14, 1918.
		After historical research and forensic investigation in France and Australia, two of the four are believed to be Lt Christopher Henry Duncan Champion and Cpl Ernest Corby, both of 3 Bn, 1AIF, who died in action in April 1918 during the Battle of the Lys.
		In the Battle of the Lys, 1 Aust Div repelled German attacks after two Portuguese divisions withdrew from the frontline.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/armynews/editions/1119/topstories/story21.htm (694 words)

	Passchendaele - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British and Commonwealth soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders, north-western Belgium.
		Second Battle of Passchendaele At this point the Canadian Corp was moved into the line to replace the now decimated Anzac forces.
		A subsequent German offensive in the north on April 9-29 (the Battle of the Lys, or the Fourth Battle of Ypres) regained almost all of the ground taken by the allies in the Third Battle of Ypres/Passchendaele.
	www.questionz.net /War/World_War_I/Passchendaele.html (1466 words)

	J.E. Grimshaw V.C.
		The Battle of Le Transloy (eighth phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916)
		The Battle of Messines, 1918 (second phase of the Battles of the Lys) (88th
		The Battle of Bailleul (fourth phase of the Battles of the Lys) (88th
	www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk /feature/grimshaw/grimshaw.htm (906 words)

	On this day - 12 April (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the Battle of the Lys, the 12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (modern regiment) found itself without its protecting infantry.
		The British units they were supporting had been forced to withdraw during the German attack in northern France.
		1 Australian Corps was renamed ANZAC Corps during the height of the Battle of the Verve Pass in Greece.
	www.defence.gov.au /army/ahu/On_This_Day/April/12_April.htm (321 words)

	The Western Front, March-September 1918 (from World War I) -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The attack, which is known as the Second Battle of the Somme or the Battle of Saint-Quentin, took the British altogether by surprise, but it did not develop as Ludendorff had foreseen.
		Armentières fell, and Ludendorff came to think for a time that this Battle of the Lys might be turned into a major effort.
		The Battle of Amiens was thus a striking material and moral success for the Allies.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-53161 (2666 words)

	Awards
		Bar awarded at Battle of Lys, April 1918).
		For three days he he held on and improved a very difficult position, setting a magnificent example of initiative and fearlessness).
		For Battle of 21st - 22nd March 1918).
	users.bigpond.net.au /neech/weblinks/milaward.htm (413 words)

	Canadian First World War Memorials in Europe - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The capture of Crest Farm by the Canadian Corps and the Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917.
		The action of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment in the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.
		The participation of Newfoundland forces in the Battle of Cambrai on November 20, 1917.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/vimy/vimy8 (333 words)

	RAF Leuchars - 43(F) Squadron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The badge was developed from an unofficial design produced in 1926 when the Squadron was equipped with the Gloster Gamecock.
		It covered the Dunkirk retreat and during the Battle of Britain formed part of No. 11 Group, during which the Squadron was credited with 60 'kills'.
		After their arrival, Spitfires replaced the Hurricanes, and the unit played a leading role in the air battles over Sicily and Italy before moving on to Austria as the War ended.
	www.leuchars.raf.mod.uk /sqn43.htm (649 words)

	The Fleur-de-Lys
		Note the various themes: the Trinity, which the 3 petals were understood to recall, is represented; angels are bearing the shield as they are supporters of the arms of France, the dove descending from heaven recalls the legend of the baptism of Clovis when a dove brought the sacred ointment to Saint Remigius.
		The term "fleur de lis" in the heraldic sense is attested in 1225.
		The first instance of the word "lis", plural of an unattested "lil" from Latin lilium, is around 1150 for the flower.
	www.velde.net /topics/fdl.htm (3722 words)

	Chronology 1918
		The lack of reinforcements prevented the Germans from exploiting their success in the Battle of the Lys.
		British and French troops maintained the offensive during the Second Battles of the Somme and of Arras, from August 21st to September 3rd.
		The Battles of the Argonne and of Ypres lasted from September 28th until October 2nd.
	www.indiana.edu /~league/1918.htm (6226 words)

	History of Madeira & Portugal
		Battle of Ourique, and immediately after was proclaimed king by his soldiers.
		The battle of Diu, the Portuguese fleet crushed the Egyptian-Gujerati fleet.
		The red is the symbol of the courage and the blood that Portuguese soldiers spilled on the battle field.
	www.latino1.freeserve.co.uk /History.htm (10606 words)

	3rd Division, 1914-1918
		The Battle of the Ancre (tenth phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916)
		The Battle of Hazebrouck (third phase of the Battles of the Lys)
		The Battle of Bethune (sixth phase of the Battles of the Lys)
	www.1914-1918.net /3div.htm (1104 words)

	Battle Of The Lys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It became known as the "Battle of the Lys".
		Division made a heroic stand, and as the battle developed through mid April numerous units, arriving in the battle-zone piecemeal, held back the onslaught from the key German objective of the rail junction of Hazebrouck.
		To the North, German attention was turned to the Messines Ridge and Mont Kemmel.
	www.flanderstours.co.uk /2004_Tour_Programme/battle_of_the_lys.htm (449 words)

	POULTER
		Lys Erquinghem, France, 10 April 1918, Private Arthur Poulter, 4th Bn, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment.
		"When acting as a stretcher-bearer during the Battle of Lys, carried badly wounded men on his back through heavy machine-gun and artillery fire on ten separate occasions.
		During the withdrawal over the River Lys, he ran back under fire and brought in a wounded man who had been left behind.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /bbpoulte.htm (377 words)

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