Gavrelle: Arras
Tallett, Kyle / Tasker, Trevor
In April, 1917 the village of Gavrelle sat astride the road between British-held Arras and German-occupied Douai, in the northern sector of the Western Front. The battle for this strategic village became one of the most tragic episodes in the larger battle of Arras. The attack of April 10 by the 51st Highland Division was highly successful, and British cavalry was brought forward on one of the few occasions of the war. A late-season snow squal...