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Battle of the Sambre (1918)

Battle of the Sambre (1918)
Part of the Western Front of World War I
George Edmund Butler -The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy.jpg
The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy by New Zealand troops; painting by George Edmund Butler
Date 4 November 1918
Location River Sambre, France
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

 British Empire

France France

 United States
German Empire German Empire
Strength

British Empire 17 divisions
France 11 divisions
United States Unknown

37 tanks
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

 British Empire

France France

British Empire 17 divisions
France 11 divisions
United States Unknown

The Second Battle of the Sambre (4 November 1918) (which included the Second Battle of Guise (French: 2ème Bataille de Guise) and the Battle of Thiérache (French: Bataille de Thiérache) was part of the final European Allied offensives of World War I.


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