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The Third Army was a British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
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The Third Army was a British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 unit.

World War I


In World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 the Third Army fought on the Western Front, in France. The battles it took part in included:
  • Battle of the Somme
  • Battle of Cambrai
  • Second Battle of Arras
    Battle of Arras (1917)

    The Battle of Arras was a British Empire offensive during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May, 1917, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australian troops attacked Germany trench warfare near the French city of Arras on the Western Front....
     (April 1917)
  • Battle of Passchendale
  • Battle of Amiens
    Battle of Amiens

    The Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August 1918, was the opening phase of the Allies of World War I offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led to the end of World War I....
     (August 1918)


Commanders

  • General Edmund Allenby (23 October 1915 – 9 June 1917)
  • General Sir Julian Byng (9 June 1917 – 11 November 1918)