Battle of Messines
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The Battle of Messines was an attack by the British Second Army, on the Western Front, near the village of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. The Nivelle Offensive in April and May had failed to achieve its more grandiose aims, had led to the demoralisation of French troops and confounded the Anglo-French strategy for 1917.
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1917 Battle of Messines
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Battle of Prémesques | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Siege of Menin | siege | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1015 | Battle of Florennes | Holy Roman Empire, battle, County of Hainaut, Lower Lotharingia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1054 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1071 | Battle of Cassel | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1128 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1213 | Sieges of Lille | sack, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1297 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1302 | Battle of the Golden Spurs | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1302 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1304 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1328 | Battle of Cassel | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1382 | Battle of Roosebeke | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1383 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1567 | Battle of Lannoy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1580 | Capture of Courtrai | battle, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Malcontents (Low Countries) | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1658 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1667 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1677 | Battle of Cassel | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1678 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1683 | Siege of Courtrai | Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1695 | Capitulation of Diksmuide | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1708 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1792 | Siege de Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Lincelles | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Hondschoote | French First Republic, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, Electorate of Hanover | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Menin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Battle of Courtrai | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Mouscron | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle at Courtrai | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Tourcoing | Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Siege of Ypres | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Hooglede | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Courtrai | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of La Bassée | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Messines | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Armentières | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Diksmuide | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | First Battle of Ypres | Belgium, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Myth of Langemarck | battle, myth | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Givenchy | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Neuve Chapelle | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Hill 60 | British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Second Battle of Ypres | German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Kitcheners' Wood | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Aubers Ridge | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Festubert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Actions of the Bluff, 1916 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mont Sorrel | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Boar's Head | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Fromelles | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Messines | Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Passchendaele | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Pilckem Ridge | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Capture of Westhoek | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Langemarck | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Action of 22 August 1917 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of the Menin Road Ridge | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Capture of Wurst Farm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Polygon Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Broodseinde | battle, Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Poelcappelle | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | First Battle of Passchendaele | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of Passchendaele | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Night action of 1/2 December 1917 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Attack on the Polderhoek Spur | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Lys | Canada, United States, Belgium, British Empire, French Third Republic, First Portuguese Republic, battle, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Markem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Fifth Battle of Ypres | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Courtrai | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1907 | French conquest of Morocco | war | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 7 personnel casemates | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Kemmel command bunker | memorial, bunker, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Southern bunker in Tyne Cot Cemetery | pillbox, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Schuilkelders van Wevelgem | air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1661 | Château de Flers | château, art museum, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Citadel of Lille | fort, citadel | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | City walls of Ieper | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Mons | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Seclin | military museum, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort du Vert-Galant | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Saint-Sauveur | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1584 | Fort Knokke | destroyed building or structure, fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Cloth Hall, Ypres | cloth hall, military museum, belfry | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Fort de Bondues | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Historic center of cavalry and artillery at Fort de Seclin | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Musée des Canonniers (Lille) | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Sanctuary Wood Hill 62 | military museum, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Verlaine Message Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1998 | In Flanders Fields Museum | military museum, museum, documentation centre | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2003 | Pondfarm | military museum, farm | Wikidata |
| commons | image | The Battle of Messines, June 1917 Q5477 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The British Army on the Western Front 1914-1918 Q5465 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Howitzer firing, Bestanddeelnr 158-0133 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Messines, June 1917 Q5627 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Messines, June 1917 Q5484 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Messines, June 1917 Q5480 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | NLS Haig - Howitzer in the act of firing | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Battle of Messines, June 1917 Q5787 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | George Edmund Butler - Messines Ridge from Hill 63 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Messines1 | Commons | ||








