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Bazentin is a commune in the Somme department, Picardy, northern France. The Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July 1916) was part of the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November) on the Western Front in France, during the First World War. On 14 July, the British Fourth Army (General Henry Rawlinson) made a dawn attack against the German 2nd ...
- 14–17 July 1916
- British victory
Jul 17, 2016 · This is the 243rd installment in the series. July 14-17, 1916: Battle of Bazentin Ridge. The disastrous opening of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916 is still remembered as the bloodiest day ...
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The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, 1916. A subsidiary attack of the Somme Offensive, and having captured Mametz Wood on 12 July, the British moved onwards toward High Wood in a continuation of the push through German lines. The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, which ran from 14-17 July 1916 and comprised part of the second phase of the Somme Offensive, was ...
The Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July 1916) was an attack by the Fourth Army which began at dawn and marked the start of the second phase of the Battle of the Somme. Sceptical French officers had called it "an attack organized for amateurs by amateurs". [144]
- 1–13 July 1916
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May 18, 2023 · The Battle of Bazentin Ridge was a subsidiary attack of the Somme Offensive, fought between the British and German armies from July 14 - 17, 1916.The battle took place on a front of about 5 miles on the Somme battlefield in France.
The Battle of Bazentin (or the Bazentin Ridge), 14 – 17 July 1916. By 13 July the British advance had taken it to a point where it was now facing the second German defensive system. A well planned and novel night attack on 14 July took British troops through that system in the area of Bazentin.
Tweet. The battle of Bazentine Ridge was the start of the second phase of the battle of the Somme. The first phase (the battle of Albert, 1-13 July 1916), had seen the British comprehensively fail to achieve their targets for the attack, but they had made some progress, eventually reaching the German second line, on Bazentine Ridge.
