Battle of Bure

Battle of Bure
	Part of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II
	; British Airborne Sniper in snow camouflage with Lee–Enfield rifle in the Ardennes, 14 January 1945
Date	3–5 January 1945
Location	Bure, Rochefort, and Grupont Belgium50°05′20″N 5°15′35″E / 50.088759°N 5.259762°E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Belgium	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Nigel Poett	Unknown
Units involved
5th Para Brigade; 5th SAS	Elements of 2nd Panzer Division
Casualties and losses
Roughly 250 combined killed and/or wounded; 16 tanks damaged or destroyed	Roughly 500 killed and/or wounded; 11 tanks damaged or destroyed

The Battle of Bure was part of the Battle of the Bulge, which lasted from 3 to 5 January 1945 during the final months of the Second World War. The battle was fought as part of the Allied counterattack to force the Germans from ground that they had captured and which had forced the Allies on the defensive. XXX Corps with British 6th Airborne Division attached, was to clear the area east of Dinant, Rochefort, Grupont and Bure in Belgium. Bure was secured after nearly three days of heavy fighting whilst Gupont and Rochefort were both cleared with little resistance and the advance continued.