British and Portuguese captured by German forces in the Flanders region (1918)

British 55th (West Lancashire) Division troops blinded by tear gas during the battle, 10 April 1918.

The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1918 German Operation Georgette offensive in Flanders during the First World War. Starting on 9 April 1918, the battle lasted until 29 April. Image File history File links Prisioneiros_ingleses_portugueses_09_04_1918. ... Image File history File links Prisioneiros_ingleses_portugueses_09_04_1918. ... Download high resolution version (1200x743, 127 KB)British 55th (West Lancashire) Division troops blinded by tear gas await treatment at a dressing station near Bethune during the Battle of Estaires, 10 April, 1918, part of the German offensive in Flanders. ... Download high resolution version (1200x743, 127 KB)British 55th (West Lancashire) Division troops blinded by tear gas await treatment at a dressing station near Bethune during the Battle of Estaires, 10 April, 1918, part of the German offensive in Flanders. ... The British 55th (West Lancashire) Division was a Territorial Force division which served on the Western Front during the First World War. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming)) has two main designations: a geographical region in the north of Belgium, corresponding to the Flemish Region, a consituent part of the federal Belgian state. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...

The 2nd Portuguese Division, commanded by General Gomes da Costa, with approximately 20,000 men, lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, resisting the attack of four German divisions, with 50,000 men of 6th German Army, commanded by General von Quast, in the German Offensive in Flanders.

References

• La Lys, 1918, Mendo Castro Henriques and António Rosas Leitão, Lisboa, Prefácio («Batalhas de Portugal»), 2001, ISBN 972-8563-49-3

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