Battle of the Scarpe

The Battle of the Scarpe refers to a number of battles fought on the Western Front during World War I in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France:

• First Battle of the Scarpe (1917), fought during the Arras Offensive between 9 and 14 April 1917.
• Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917), fought during the Arras Offensive between 23 and 24 April 1917.
• Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917), fought during the Arras Offensive between 3 and 4 May 1917.
• Fourth Battle of the Scarpe, fought during the Hundred Days Offensive between 26 and 30 August 1918.

<u>Important Generals:</u>

• General Edmund Allenby (Third Army)
• General Hubert Gough (Fifth Army)
• Sir Julian Byng (Canada Corps)
• German General Ludwig Von Falkenhausen (6th Army)