Battle of the Ailette

Battle of the Ailette
Part of the Hundred Days Offensive on the Western Front of World War I
Date17–23 August 1918
Location
Ailette, Aisne, France
Result French victory
Belligerents
German Empire French Republic
Commanders and leaders
Johannes von Eben Charles Mangin
Units involved
9th Army Tenth Army

The Battle of the Ailette took place during the First World War in August 1918, on the banks of the Ailette between Laon and Aisne.

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