Battle of Pilckem Ridge
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The Battle of Pilckem Ridge was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The British Fifth Army, supported by the Second Army on the southern flank and the French 1reArmée on the northern flank, attacked the German 4th Army, which defended the Western Front from Lille northwards to the Ypres Salient in Belgium and on to the North Sea coast. On 31 July, the Anglo-French armies captured Pilckem Ridge and areas on either side, the French attack being a great success. After several weeks of changeable weather, heavy rain fell during the afternoon of 31 July.
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1917 Battle of Pilckem Ridge
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Battle of Prémesques | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Siege of Menin | siege | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1015 | Battle of Florennes | Holy Roman Empire, battle, County of Hainaut, Lower Lotharingia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1297 | Battle of Furnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1302 | Battle of the Golden Spurs | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1382 | Battle of Roosebeke | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1383 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1580 | Capture of Courtrai | battle, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Malcontents (Low Countries) | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1600 | Battle of Nieuwpoort | Dutch Republic, battle, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1658 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1678 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1683 | Siege of Courtrai | Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1695 | Capitulation of Diksmuide | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1708 | Battle of Wijnendale | battle, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Furnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Lincelles | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Hondschoote | French First Republic, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, Electorate of Hanover | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Menin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Courtrai | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Furnes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Unknown | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Mouscron | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle at Courtrai | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Tourcoing | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Hooglede | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Courtrai | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Messines | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Armentières | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Diksmuide | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of the Yser | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | First Battle of Ypres | Belgium, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Myth of Langemarck | battle, myth | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Hill 60 | British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Second Battle of Ypres | German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Kitcheners' Wood | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Actions of the Bluff, 1916 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mont Sorrel | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Messines | Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Passchendaele | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Pilckem Ridge | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Capture of Westhoek | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Langemarck | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Action of 22 August 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of the Menin Road Ridge | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Capture of Wurst Farm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Polygon Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Broodseinde | battle, Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Poelcappelle | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | First Battle of Passchendaele | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Passchendaele | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Night action of 1/2 December 1917 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Attack on the Polderhoek Spur | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Lys | Canada, United States, Belgium, British Empire, French Third Republic, First Portuguese Republic, battle, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Markem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Fifth Battle of Ypres | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Courtrai | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie Pommern | Imperial German Navy, Imperial German Army, coastal battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | German bunker ammunition depot | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Kemmel command bunker | memorial, bunker, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Southern bunker in Tyne Cot Cemetery | pillbox, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Schuilkelders van Wevelgem | air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| site | fort | City walls of Ieper | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort du Vert-Galant | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1584 | Fort Knokke | destroyed building or structure, fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Cloth Hall, Ypres | cloth hall, military museum, belfry | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Fort de Bondues | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Sanctuary Wood Hill 62 | military museum, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Site Lange Max | military museum, war memorial, museum, heritage site | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Verlaine Message Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1998 | In Flanders Fields Museum | military museum, museum, documentation centre | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2003 | Pondfarm | military museum, farm | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2012 | Museum Cabour | military museum, museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2014 | Lange Max Museum | military museum, museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Q5941 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Q 005717HoreseInGasMaskPilckemRidge31October1917 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Q 002626PilckemRidgeWorkingParty31July1917 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Q 002632PilckemRidge31July1917WoundedAndObservationBalloon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Third Ypres - Map Showing Progress in the Ypres Area. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Q5767 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Q5941 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | World War I; advance dressing station in the field Wellcome L0008823 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Q5848 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Pilckem ridge bombarded | Commons | ||








