Tag: Battle of Messines

• The Egan Brothers and the Battle of Messines, 7-14 June 1917, a precursor to the 3rd Battle of Ypres, by Maurice Egan. Blog No 32, 20 May 2017.

  The battle was an offensive planned by the Allied forces on the western front, taking place from the 7^th to the 14^th June 1917. British, Canadian and ANZAC forces were actively involved in the objective of taking the German, heavily fortified and ‘impregnable’ 15kms long, Messines Ridge in western Belgium. The New Zealand division was assigned the task of attacking the southern bastion of the German defences upon the ridge. The Irish 16^th Division, including the Royal Irish Regiment were assigned the task of attacking the north eastern fortified ridge. (more…)

  May 30, 2017

  Battle of Messines, World War 1

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