in March 1918 the Germans launched on 21 March, hadattacked north of the Somme. The Germans concentrated south of the river and drov harder towards Amiens from the east and north-east.
The 'sattempt to push back the German line east of Ypres in a series of bite and hold attack had some success. However, this had come at a big cost. Thousands had been killed and wounded so badly they would never fight again.
The operations of the British Flanders Offensive on 31 July when British force, with two French divisions, attacked the Germany along a 16-mile front east of Ypres.
In mid-1917 Russia was in disarray the imperial government had been overthrown in March and events were unfolding that would ultimately lead to the seizure of power by Lenin and the Bolsheviks in November, and the country’s withdrawal from the war.
The First Battle of Bullecourt was fought as the British 1917 spring offensive in the north and south of Arras. The operations were undertaken to support an attack further south by the French.
The Australian Imperial Force fought in the battle of Somme, its first action. It had become a series of attacks not aimed at the break through of german forces.
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