Battle of the Lys and the Escaut
| Battle of the Lys and the Escaut, 1918 | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War | |||||||
British and Belgian soldiers outside a German cafeteria called "Kaiser Kaffee" in Menin, October 1918. | |||||||
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Belgium British Empire France United States | German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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King Albert I Herbert Plumer Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy |
Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht Friedrich Sixt von Armin Ferdinand von Quast | ||||||
The Battle of the Lys and the Escaut was the third and last phase of the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) or the Ypres-Lys Offensive, and took place in Belgium between 20 October and 11 November 1918.