The Battle of Arras took place from April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). There are 266 days remaining. Events up to 19th century 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the... 9 April to May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). There are 229 days remaining. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 1527 - The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence... 16 May 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January-February President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 - World War I: President Woodrow... 1917. It was fought by the British ( The British First Army was a field army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. First World War The British First Army was formed on 26 December 1914 when the corps of the British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig... First Army under Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (April 23, 1861 - May 14, 1936) was a British soldier most famous for his role during World War I. Field Marshal Edmund Allenby Early years and active service Born in Brackenhurst, Nottinghamshire, Allenby was educated at Haileybury College. He had no... Allenby, The British Third Army was a British Army unit. World War I In World War I the British Third Army fought on the Western Front, in France. The battles it took part in included: Battle of Cambrai Second Battle of Arras (April 1917) Battle of Amiens (August 1918) Commanders General... Third Army under Horne, The British Fifth Army was a field army of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. The Fifth Army was created on 30 October 1916 by renaming the British Reserve Army of General Sir Hubert Gough and as such it fought the Battle of the Ancre which became... Fifth Army under Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough (August 12, 1870–1963) was a British World War I general who commanded the British Fifth Army from 1916 to 1918. Gough was a cavalry officer who, as a favourite of the British Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Douglas Haig, experienced a meteoric... Gough) under the supreme command of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (June 19, 1861 - January 28, 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander during World War I. He had independent wealth: his family manufactured Haig & Haig whisky. Field Marshal Lord Haig Born in Edinburgh, Haig attended Clifton College and studied at Brasenose... General Haig against the heavily fortified line held by German Sixth and Second Armies. After a massive artillery bombardment, British managed to advance in heavy fighting for up to 4.5 miles in some places—one of the largest gains since the start of the Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. Trench warfare arose when there was a revolution in firepower without similar advances in mobility and communications. Periods of trench warfare occurred during the American Civil... trench warfare.

Casualties surpassed 150,000 for the British, 100,000 for the Germans. No strategic breakthroughs were achieved.