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[[Image:British_55th_Division_gas_casualties_10_April_1918.jpg|thumb|200px|[[British 55th (West Lancashire) Division]] troops blinded by tear gas during the battle, [[10 April]], [[1918]].]] |
[[Image:British_55th_Division_gas_casualties_10_April_1918.jpg|thumb|200px|[[British 55th (West Lancashire) Division]] troops blinded by tear gas during the battle, [[10 April]], [[1918]].]] |
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The '''Battle of the Lys''' was part of the [[1918]] [[Germany|German]] |
The '''Battle of the Lys''' was part of the [[1918]] [[Germany|German]] Operation ''Georgette'' offensive in [[Flanders]] during the [[First World War]]. Starting on [[9 April]], [[1918]], the battle lasted until [[29 April]]. |
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The 2nd Portuguese Division, commanded by General Gomes da Costa, with approximately 20,000 men, lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, resisting the attack of four German divisions, with 50,000 men of 6th German Army, commanded by General von Quast, in the German Offensive in |
The 2nd Portuguese Division, commanded by General Gomes da Costa, with approximately 20,000 men, lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, resisting the attack of four German divisions, with 50,000 men of 6th German Army, commanded by General von Quast, in the German Offensive in Flanders. |
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Revision as of 23:46, 7 April 2006
The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1918 German Operation Georgette offensive in Flanders during the First World War. Starting on 9 April, 1918, the battle lasted until 29 April.
The 2nd Portuguese Division, commanded by General Gomes da Costa, with approximately 20,000 men, lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, resisting the attack of four German divisions, with 50,000 men of 6th German Army, commanded by General von Quast, in the German Offensive in Flanders.
References
- La Lys, 1918, Mendo Castro Henriques and António Rosas Leitão, Lisboa, Prefácio («Batalhas de Portugal»), 2001, ISBN 972-8563-49-3
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