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Part of the Race to the Sea on the Western Front (World War I) | |||||||
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Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, | Crown Prince Rupprecht |
This battle was part of Race to Sea campaign[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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