Battles and Engagements On The Western Front
1916:
- Battle of Mount Sorrel – June 2–13
- Battle of Flers-Courcelette – September 15–22
- Battle of Morval – September 25
- Battle of Thiepval – September 26–28
- Battle of Le Transloy – October 1–18
- Battle of the Ancre Heights – October 1–11
1917:
- Battle of Vimy Ridge – April 9–14
- Attack on La Coulotte – April 23
- Third Battle of the Scarpe – May 3–4
- Affairs South of the Souchez River – June 3–25
- Capture of Avion – June 26–29
- Battle of Hill 70 – August 15–25
- Second Battle of Passchendaele October 26 – November 10
1918:
- Battle of Amiens – August 8–11
- Actions round Damery – August 15–17
- Battle of the Scarpe – August 26–30 (including the capture of Monchy-le-Preux)
- Battle of the Canal du Nord – September 27 – October 1 (including the capture of Bourlon Wood)
- Battle of Cambrai – October 8–9 (including the Capture of Cambrai)
- Battle of Valenciennes – November 1–2
- Capture of Mons – November 11
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