Battle of Armentières | |||||||
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Part of the Race to the Sea on the Western Front (World War I) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
German Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, | Crown Prince Rupprecht |
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This battle was part of the Race to the Sea campaign of World War I.[1] During this battle the British successfully held the line in their sector, against repeated German assaults.[2] To the south it merged into the Battle of La Bassée, to the north into the Battle of Messines.[3]
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