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- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 abstract "After the Battle of the Ancre (13–18 November 1916), British attacks on the Somme front were stopped by the weather. During the rest of 1916 and early January 1917, military operations by both sides were mostly restricted to survival in the rain, snow, fog, mud fields, waterlogged trenches and shell-holes. As preparations for the offensive at Arras continued, the British attempted to keep German attention on the Somme front. The Fifth Army was instructed by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to prepare systematic attacks to capture portions of the German defences. Short advances could progressively uncover the remaining German positions in the Ancre valley, threaten the German hold on the village of Serre to the north and expose German positions beyond to ground observation. Artillery-fire could be directed with greater accuracy by ground observers and make overlooked German defences untenable.A more ambitious plan for the spring, was an attack into the salient that had formed north of Bapaume, during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The attack was to be directed northwards from the Ancre valley and southwards from the original front line near Arras to meet at St. Léger, as soon as the ground recovered from the winter and was intended to combine with the effect of the offensive planned at Arras. British operations on the Ancre from 10 January – 22 February 1917, forced the Germans back 5 miles (8.0 km) on a 4 miles (6.4 km) front, ahead of the schedule of the Alberich Bewegung (Alberich Manoeuvre/Operation Alberich) and eventually took 5,284 prisoners. On 22/23 February, the Germans fell back another 3 miles (4.8 km) on a 15-mile (24 km) front. The Germans then withdrew from much of the R. I Stellung to the R. II Stellung on 11 March, forestalling a British attack, which was not noticed by the British until dark on 12 March; the main German withdrawal from the Noyon salient to the Hindenburg Line (Operation Alberich) commenced on schedule on 16 March.".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 causalties "2,151 (incomplete)".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 combatant "&British Empire".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 combatant "France&French Empire".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Erich_Ludendorff.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baron_Rawlinson.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Hubert_Gough.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Max_von_Gallwitz.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Robert_Nivelle.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 commander Rupprecht,_Crown_Prince_of_Bavaria.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 date "1917-03-13".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 isPartOfMilitaryConflict World_War_I.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 notes ") in Operation".
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- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 notes "British pressure forced German withdrawals in the Ancre valley and then retreats to intermediate defensive positions in the Bapaume salient, two weeks before the scheduled retirement to theHindenburg Line(".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 place France.
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 result "British victory".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 strength "1st Army".
- Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January–March_1917 strength "Fourth Army, Fifth Army".
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