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Battle of Messines
Battle
Successful British assault on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge, a strongly held strategic position on the Western Front, which had been held by the Germans since late 1914. The offensive operation was th...E84332
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Messines, 1917
Battle honours
Acknowledges participation in the assault on, and occupation of, the Messines Ridge on the Western Front carried out by units of General Plumer's Second Army. The honour includes the action of Wytscha...E84543
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Western Front
Theatre of operation
The principal theatre of operations for British and Dominion forces for the duration of the First World War. Though called the Western Front by French, British and Dominions it was in fact the German ...E84838