Fourth Battle of the Scarpe

GPTKB entity

Properties (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Contributed_to_the_weakening_of_German_defenses
gptkbp:casualties Approximately 100,000 German
Approximately 160,000 British
gptkbp:celebrates Memorials_in_the_UK
Memorials_in_Canada
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Sir_Hubert_Gough
gptkb:General_Otto_von_Below
gptkbp:date April 1917
gptkbp:duration April 23 to May 16, 1917
gptkbp:geographicalFeature Northern_France
gptkbp:historicalContext Part of the larger Battle of Arras
gptkbp:historicalImpact Influenced future military strategies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fourth Battle of the Scarpe
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war military doctrine
Part_of_Canadian_military_heritage
gptkbp:location gptkb:Arras,_France
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive_media_coverage_in_Britain
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:German_6th_Army
gptkb:British_1st_Army
gptkb:Canadian_Corps
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Somme
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Vimy Ridge
gptkbp:notableEvent Use of tanks
Heavy artillery bombardment
Capture of Vimy Ridge
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Third_Battle_of_the_Scarpe
gptkbp:result Allied_victory
gptkbp:significance Part of the Arras Offensive
gptkbp:strategicGoals Capture_of_German_positions
gptkbp:succeededBy Fifth Battle of the Scarpe
gptkbp:tactics Infiltration tactics