German postcard map of the Western Front in Flanders, looking south and including Lille, Arras, Calais, and Ostend. In the Battle of the Yser in October, 1914, the Belgian Army held the territory south of the Yser Canal, visible between Nieuport, Dixmude, and Ypres (Ypern). Further north is Passchendaele, which British forces took at great cost in 1917.
Der KanalStraße von CalaisThe English Channel and the Strait of CalaisReverse:Panorama des westlichen Kriegsschauplatzes 1914/15 Von Arras bis Ostende.Die Panorama-Postkartenreihe umfaßt mit ihren 9 Abschnitten Nr. 400 bis 408 den gesamten westlichen Kriegsschauplatz von der Schweizer Grenze bis zur Nordseeküste.Panorama of the western theater of operations 1914/15 from Arras to Ostend. The panoramic postcard series includes nine sections, with their No. 400-408 the entire western battlefield from the Swiss border to the North Sea coast.Nr. 408Wenau-Postkarte Patentamtl. gesch.
"The British smashed the German line east of Ypres on an eight-mile front, September 20th [1917], penetrating the center to the depth of a mile and taking 3,000 prisoners. Two days later, massed attacks on the new British positions were made by the Germans, with only slight success and at a frightful cost. British aircraft swept in flocks over the wide area of the battle, dropping tons of explosives at Roulers, Menin, and Ledeghem. Ten German airships were brought to earth, eight were put out of control, while the British lost 12 machines."
In the September 20, 1917 Battle of the Menin Road, an action in the Third Battle of Ypres, British, Australian, and New Zealand forces advanced an average of 1,250 yards (rather less than our author's mile) after a tremendous artillery barrage that left many of the German defenders dead, wounded, or stunned. On the 20th and subsequent days, the British took the Gheluvelt Plateau.
King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 338, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922
1917-09-20, 1917, September, Battle of Menin Road,
