The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1917

CHAPTER VII

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THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES

August 1 to September 6

Dreadful weather--German reaction--Attack of August 16--Advance of Cavan's Corps--Capture of Langemarck--Dreadful losses of the two Irish Divisions--Failure in the south--Splendid field-gunners--The Forty-second Division upon September 6