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Messines Ridge from Hill 63, George Edmund Butler. Map of the battle, depicting the front on 7 June and subsequent action until 14 June. After the debacle of Arras, Allied attention turned to Haig’s long-awaited Flanders offensive. The final splutterings of the Arras offensive had been diversionary in nature, fought to deflect attention from both […]

8th August, 1918, by Septimus Power Maps depicting the advance of the Allied line. Amiens marks a true turning point on the Western Front. On 8 August 1918 the Australian and Canadian Corps of Fourth Army attacked German positions east of the city. To the north, British III Corps acted as a flank-guard, while a […]