Battle of Fromelles

The Attack at Fromelles (French pronunciation: [fʁɔmɛl] 19–20 July 1916, was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was carried out by British and Australian troops and was subsidiary to the Battle of the Somme. General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force had ordered the First Army and Second Army to prepare attacks to support the Fourth Army on the Somme, 50 mi to the south, to exploit any weakening of the German defences opposite. The attack took place 9.9 mi from Lille, between the Fauquissart–Trivelet road and Cordonnerie Farm, an area overlooked from Aubers Ridge to the south. The ground was low-lying and much of the defensive fortification by both sides consisted of building breastworks, rather than trenches.

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1916 Battle of Fromelles

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1054 Siege of Lille

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1128 Siege of Lille

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1213 Sieges of Lille

1214-08-03T00:00:00Z

1214 Battle of Bouvines

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1297-09-08T00:00:00Z

1297 Siege of Lille

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1302-08-23T00:00:00Z

1302 Siege of Lille

1304-08-18T00:00:00Z

1304 Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle

1304-09-01T00:00:00Z

1304-10-01T00:00:00Z

1304 Siege of Lille

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1383-08-08T00:00:00Z

1383 Siege of Ypres

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1567 Battle of Lannoy

1646-08-04T00:00:00Z

1646-08-25T00:00:00Z

1646 Siege of Lens

1648-08-20T00:00:00Z

1648 Battle of Lens

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1658-09-24T00:00:00Z

1658 Siege of Ypres

1667-08-10T00:00:00Z

1667-08-26T00:00:00Z

1667 Siege of Lille

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1678-03-25T00:00:00Z

1678 Siege of Ypres

1708-08-12T00:00:00Z

1708-12-10T00:00:00Z

1708 Siege of Lille

1792-09-25T00:00:00Z

1792-10-08T00:00:00Z

1792 Siege de Lille

1793-08-17T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Lincelles

1793-09-13T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Menin

1794-04-26T00:00:00Z

1794-04-30T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle of Mouscron

1794-05-18T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle of Tourcoing

1794-06-01T00:00:00Z

1794-06-18T00:00:00Z

1794 Siege of Ypres

1914-10-10T00:00:00Z

1914-11-02T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of La Bassée

1914-10-11T00:00:00Z

1914-10-12T00:00:00Z

1914 Siege of Lille

1914-10-12T00:00:00Z

1914-11-02T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Messines

1914-10-13T00:00:00Z

1914-11-02T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Armentières

1914-10-19T00:00:00Z

1914-11-22T00:00:00Z

1914 First Battle of Ypres

1914-12-17T00:00:00Z

1915-01-13T00:00:00Z

1914 — 1915 First Battle of Artois

1914-12-22T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Givenchy

1915-03-10T00:00:00Z

1915-03-13T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle

1915-04-17T00:00:00Z

1915-04-22T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Hill 60

1915-05-09T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Arras

1915-05-09T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Aubers Ridge

1915-05-09T00:00:00Z

1915-06-18T00:00:00Z

1915 Second Battle of Artois

1915-05-27T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Festubert

1915-09-15T00:00:00Z

1915-11-04T00:00:00Z

1915 Third Battle of Artois

1915-09-25T00:00:00Z

1915-10-14T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Loos

1915-10-13T00:00:00Z

1915-10-19T00:00:00Z

1915 Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

1916 Actions of the Bluff, 1916

1916-03-02T00:00:00Z

1916-03-18T00:00:00Z

1916 Hohenzollern Redoubt

1916-04-27T00:00:00Z

1916-04-29T00:00:00Z

1916 Gas attack at Hulluch

1916-06-02T00:00:00Z

1916-06-14T00:00:00Z

1916 Battle of Mont Sorrel

1916-06-30T00:00:00Z

1916 Battle of the Boar's Head

1917-04-09T00:00:00Z

1917-04-12T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge

1917-06-07T00:00:00Z

1917-06-14T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Messines

1917-08-10T00:00:00Z

1917 Capture of Westhoek

1917-08-15T00:00:00Z

1917-08-25T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Hill 70

1917-09-26T00:00:00Z

1917-09-27T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Polygon Wood

1917-10-04T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Broodseinde

1917-12-03T00:00:00Z

1917 Attack on the Polderhoek Spur

1918-04-07T00:00:00Z

1918-04-29T00:00:00Z

1918 Battle of the Lys

1940-05-26T00:00:00Z

1940-05-28T00:00:00Z

1940 Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal

1940-05-28T00:00:00Z

1940-05-31T00:00:00Z

1940 Siege of Lille

1907-01-01T00:00:00Z

1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

1907 — 1937 French conquest of Morocco

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Frameless

Allied dead at Fromelles, 1916

Australian 53rd Bn Fromelles 19 July 1916

Nach Gasangriff 1917

Map of the Lille, La Bassée and Armentières areas, 1914

Visitor Centre and Museum to the Battle of Fromelles

musée de la bataille de Fromelles - museum in France

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict		Battle of Lorette Hill	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Prémesques	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Siege of Menin	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1054	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1128	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1213	Sieges of Lille	sack, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1214	Battle of Bouvines	Holy Roman Empire, Philip II of France, House of Welf, Kingdom of France, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, County of Flanders, Kingdom of England, battle, Philip of Dreux, Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, Ferdinand of Portugal, Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, William IV, Count of Ponthieu, Henry the Courageous, Robert II, Count of Dreux, County of Boulogne	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1297	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1302	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1304	Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1304	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1383	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1567	Battle of Lannoy	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1646	Siege of Lens	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1648	Battle of Lens	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1658	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1667	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1678	Siege of Ypres	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1708	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1792	Siege de Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Lincelles	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Menin	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Mouscron	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	1914	Battle of La Bassée	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Siege of Lille	siege	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	First Battle of Ypres	Belgium, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	First Battle of Artois	German Empire, Erich von Falkenhayn, battle, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Joseph Joffre	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Givenchy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Neuve Chapelle	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	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	Battle of Arras	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Aubers Ridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Second Battle of Artois	German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Festubert	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Third Battle of Artois	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Loos	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Actions of the Bluff, 1916	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Hohenzollern Redoubt	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Gas attack at Hulluch	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Mont Sorrel	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of the Boar's Head	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Battle of Fromelles	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Vimy Ridge	Canada, German Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	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	Capture of Westhoek	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Hill 70	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 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	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	1940	Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal	United Kingdom, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Siege of Lille	siege	Wikidata
event	war	1907	French conquest of Morocco	war	Wikidata
site	bunker		7 personnel casemates	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Kemmel command bunker	memorial, bunker, museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1661	Château de Flers	château, art museum, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Citadel of Lille	fort, citadel	Wikidata
site	fort		City walls of Ieper	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Mons	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Scarpe	destroyed building or structure, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Seclin	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort du Vert-Galant	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Saint-Sauveur	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Hohenzollern Redoubt	redoubt	Wikidata
site	museum		Cloth Hall, Ypres	cloth hall, military museum, belfry	Wikidata
site	museum		Fort de Bondues	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Historic center of cavalry and artillery at Fort de Seclin	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Musée des Canonniers (Lille)	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Notre Dame de Lorette Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Sanctuary Wood Hill 62	military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Verlaine Message Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	In Flanders Fields Museum	military museum, museum, documentation centre	Wikidata
site	tower		Tour des Dames	fortified tower	Wikidata
site	tower		Tour Saint-Ignace	fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Allied dead at Fromelles, 1916		Commons
commons	image		Australian 53rd Bn Fromelles 19 July 1916		Commons
commons	image		Nach Gasangriff 1917		Commons
commons	image		Map of the Lille, La Bassée and Armentières areas, 1914		Commons
commons	image		Visitor Centre and Museum to the Battle of Fromelles		Commons

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