Battle of Courtrai (1918)

Battle of Courtai, 1918
Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I
Liberation of Bruges - King Albert I of the Belgians with his wife, Queen Elisabeth enter Bruges on 25 October 1918 alongside Admiral Roger Keyes (far left) and the 1st Earl of Athlone (far right)
Date 14–19 October 1918 Location Ypres, Belgium to Ghent, Belgium 50°50′N 03°16′E / 50.833°N 3.267°E / 50.833; 3.267Coordinates: 50°50′N 03°16′E / 50.833°N 3.267°E / 50.833; 3.267 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Belgium  British Empire Newfoundland  United Kingdom  France	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
King Albert I Jean Degoutte Herbert Plumer	Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht Sixt von Armin Ferdinand von Quast
Casualties and losses
Not available	Not available 12,000 soldiers captured 550 artillery pieces captured.

 Belgium
 British Empire

The Battle of Courtrai (also known as the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) and the Battle of Roulers (French: Bataille de Roulers)) was one of a series of offensives in northern France and southern Belgium that took place in late September and October 1918.

The Groupe d'Armées des Flandres (GAF) comprising twelve Belgian divisions, ten divisions of the British Second Army and six divisions of the French Sixth Army, under the command of King Albert I of Belgium, with the French General Jean Degoutte as Chief of Staff, defeated the German 4th Army in the Fifth Battle of Ypres (28 September – 2 October). The breaking of the Hindenburg Line further south, led the Allies to follow a strategy of pursuing the Germans for as long as possible, before movement was stopped by the winter rains. Mud and a collapse of the supply-system, had stopped the advance in early October but by the middle of the month, the GAF was ready to resume the offensive.

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