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Title
Nivelle Offensive (Berry-au-Bac)
Description
North of Berry-au-Bac, the French tanks succeeded in crossing the first two German trench lines. Advancing on the third line, a direct hit on the group leader’s tank “Dare-devil” did not prevent the remaining Schneiders from pushing onward through a …
Publisher
Date
1917-04-16
Scenario#
257
Scenario Description
North of Berry-au-Bac, the French tanks succeeded in crossing the first two German trench lines. Advancing on the third line, a direct hit on the group leader’s tank “Dare-devil” did not prevent the remaining Schneiders from pushing onward through a narrow valley toward the third line of German trenches. Now in plain sight of German batteries on the surrounding hills, the tanks waited for the French infantry. The French infantry, weakened from the attacks on the first set of trenches, were unable to quickly follow up. In the early evening, however, fresh infantry units finally arrived and, together with the tanks, conquered the third German trench, marking this as the high tide of French progress during the entire operation.
Location
Berry-au-Bac, 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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