| Battle of Messines | |||||||
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| Part of the Race to the Sea on the Western Front (World War I) | |||||||
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 German Empire | ||||||
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 Edmund Allenby |
Crown Prince Rupprecht | ||||||
The battle of Messines was a battle fought in October 1914 between the German Empire and the British Empire, as part of the Race to the Sea.[1] It took place between the river Douve and the Comines-Ypres canal.
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External links
- Battle of Messines, 12 October-2 November 1914 at historyofwar.org
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