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Title
Nivelle Offensive (St. Quentin)
Description
The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. The offensive opened with the French Third Army’s preliminary attacks on German forward observation points near St. Quentin. The initial French attack was directed against Dallon on …
Publisher
Date
1917-04-04
Scenario#
253
Scenario Description
The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. The offensive opened with the French Third Army’s preliminary attacks on German forward observation points near St. Quentin. The initial French attack was directed against Dallon on 1 April, but failed to gain any ground. On 3 and 4 April additional attacks, preceded by a steady bombardment, captured a number of German-held villages and hill positions southwest of St. Quentin in front of the Siegfriedstellung (Hindenburg Line).
Location
St. Quentin, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Nivelle Offensive, was a Franco-British operation on the Western Front in the First World War. The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking through the German defences on the Aisne front within 48 hours, with casualties expected to be around 10,000 men. A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St. Quentin and the British First, Third and Fifth armies at Arras, to capture high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne. The main offensive was to be delivered by the French on the Chemin des Dames ridge, with a subsidiary attack by the Fourth Army. The final stage of the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies, having broken through the German lines, then the pursuit of the defeated German armies towards the German frontier.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
French

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