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Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, the Glossary

The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, sometimes called "Battle of the Menin Road", was the third British general attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War.^[1]

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1917 in Belgium
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History of Ypres
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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Artois

Artois (Artesië; Picard: Artoé; English adjective: Artesian) is a region of northern France.

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The Battle of Langemarck (16–18 August 1917) was the second Anglo-French general attack of the Third Battle of Ypres, during the First World War. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and Battle of Langemarck (1917) are 1917 in Belgium, battle of Passchendaele, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving France, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Western Front (World War I) and conflicts in 1917.

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Battle of Messines (1917)

The Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) was an attack by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer), on the Western Front, near the village of Messines (now Mesen) in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and Battle of Messines (1917) are 1917 in Belgium, battle of Passchendaele, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Western Front (World War I) and conflicts in 1917.

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Battle of Passchendaele

The Third Battle of Ypres (Dritte Flandernschlacht; Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and Battle of Passchendaele are 1917 in Belgium, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving France, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving South Africa, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Western Front (World War I) and conflicts in 1917.

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Battle of Pilckem Ridge

The Battle of Pilckem Ridge (31 July – 2 August 1917) was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and Battle of Pilckem Ridge are 1917 in Belgium, battle of Passchendaele, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving France, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Western Front (World War I) and conflicts in 1917.

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Battle of Polygon Wood

The Battle of Polygon Wood took place from 26 September to 3 October 1917, during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and Battle of Polygon Wood are 1917 in Belgium, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Western Front (World War I), conflicts in 1917 and September 1917 events.

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Bavarian Ersatz Division

The Bavarian Ersatz Division (Bayerische Ersatz Division) was a Bavarian division of the Imperial German Army in World War I. It was formed in August 1914 and dissolved on 6 October 1918.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Country Life (magazine)

Country Life (stylised in all caps) is a British weekly perfect-bound glossy magazine that is published by Future plc.

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Demonstration (military)

In military terminology, a demonstration is an attack or show of force on a front where a decision is not sought, made with the aim of deceiving the enemy.

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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army.

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Eingreif division

Eingreif division (Eingreifdivision) is a term for a type of German Army formation of the First World War, which developed in 1917, to conduct immediate counter-attacks (Gegenstöße) against enemy troops who broke into a defensive position being held by a front-holding division (Stellungsdivision) or to conduct a methodical counter-attack (Gegenangriff) 24–48 hours later.

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Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German military officer and politician who contributed significantly to the Nazis' rise to power.

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Fahrenheit

The Fahrenheit scale is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the European physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).

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Fifth Army (United Kingdom)

The Fifth Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918.

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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Fourth Army (United Kingdom)

The Fourth Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

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Friedrich Sixt von Armin

Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin (27 November 1851 – 30 September 1936) was a German general who participated in the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.

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Fritz von Loßberg

Friedrich Karl "Fritz" von Loßberg (30 April 1868 – 4 May 1942) was a German colonel and later general, of the First World War.

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Handley Page Type O

The Handley Page Type O was a biplane bomber used by Britain during the First World War.

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Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer

Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War.

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Hermann von Kuhl

Hermann Josef von Kuhl (2 November 1856 – 4 November 1958) was a Prussian military officer, member of the German General Staff, and a Generalleutnant during World War I. One of the most competent commanders in the German Army, he retired in 1919 to write a number of critically acclaimed essays on the war.

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Hubert Gough

General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough (12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War.

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I ANZAC Corps

The I ANZAC Corps (First Anzac Corps) was a combined Australian and New Zealand army corps that served during World War I. It was formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the reorganisation and expansion of the Australian Imperial Force and the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) following the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Infiltration tactics

In warfare, infiltration tactics involve small independent light infantry forces advancing into enemy rear areas, bypassing enemy frontline strongpoints, possibly isolating them for attack by follow-up troops with heavier weapons.

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IX Corps (United Kingdom)

IX Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army that existed during the First and the Second World Wars.

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James Edward Edmonds

Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds (25 December 1861 – 2 August 1956) was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner of MI5 and promoted several spy scares, which failed to impress Richard Haldane, the Secretary of State for War (1905–1912).

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John Davidson (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir John Humphrey Davidson, (24 July 1876 – 11 December 1954), nicknamed "Tavish", was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament.

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Kerensky offensive

The Kerensky offensive (Наступление Керенского), also called the June offensive (Июньское наступление) in Russia or the July offensive in Western historiography, took place from to 1917 and was the last Russian offensive of World War I. After the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II during the February Revolution, the Russian Provisional Government pledged to fulfill Russia's existing commitments to the Triple Entente, which included launching an offensive in the spring of 1917. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and Kerensky offensive are battles of World War I involving Germany and conflicts in 1917.

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Livens Projector

The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals.

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Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition

The Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition, also known as the Flanders campaign, was a series of campaigns in the Low Countries conducted from 20 April 1792 to 7 June 1795 during the first years of the War of the First Coalition.

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No. 106 fuze

The number 106 fuze was the first British instantaneous percussion artillery fuze, first tested in action in late 1916 and deployed in volume in early 1917.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Royal Naval Air Service

The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form the Royal Air Force (RAF), the world's first independent air force.

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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine (Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand; English: Robert Maria Leopold Ferdinand; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne.

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Salient (military)

A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory.

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Second Army (United Kingdom)

The British Second Army was a field army active during the First and Second World Wars.

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Shelford Bidwell (British Army officer)

Reginald George Shelford "Ginger" Bidwell, (12 August 1913 – 23 August 1996) was a British Army officer and military historian.

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Strafing

Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons.

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Third Army (United Kingdom)

The Third Army was a field army of the British Army during World War I that saw active service on the Western Front throughout the war.

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Thomas Morland

General Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland, (9 August 1865 – 21 May 1925) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

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University of British Columbia Press

The University of British Columbia Press (UBC Press) is a university press that is part of the University of British Columbia.

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University Press of Kentucky

The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press.

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West Flanders

West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen; West Vloandern; (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale; Westflandern) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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William Birdwood

Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer.

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Wolfgang Foerster

Wolfgang Foerster (born 4 August 1875 in Breslau; died 14 October 1963 in Icking) was a German officer and military historian.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge and World War I are conflicts in 1917.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Menin_Road_Ridge

Also known as Battle of Menin Road, Menin Road, Menin Road Ridge.

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See also

1917 in Belgium

Battle of Passchendaele

Battles of World War I involving South Africa

History of Ypres

September 1917 events

References