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XVII Corps (United Kingdom)

Field	Value
unit_name	XVII Corps
image	XVII Corps WW1.svg
image_size	150px
caption	XVII Corps formation badge.
dates	First World War
country
branch	[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg	23px]] British Army
type	Field corps
command_structure	Third Army
battles	First World War

Note

the United Kingdom Army unit

Arras Offensive
Battle of the Somme 1918
Second Battle of Arras 1918
Battles of the Hindenburg Line
Final Advance in Picardy The British XVII Corps was a British infantry corps during the First World War.

History

British XVII Corps was formed in France in January 1916 under Lieutenant General Julian Byng. However, the Corps held the line at Arras, continued to hold it through into 1918 and then broke the main Hindenburg Line at its strongest point in September 1918.

General Officers Commanding

Commanders included:

9 December 1915 – 12 February 1916 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Anderson
12 February – 27 February 1916 Major-General Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (acting)
27 February – 25 May 1916 Lieutenant-General Julian Byng
25 May 1916 – November 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Fergusson

References

[http://www.1914-1918.net/corps.htm The British Corps of 1914-1918]
In April 1917 the Corps attacked to the east of [[Arras]] near the [[Scarpe (river). River Scarpe]] but became bogged down in rain and snow.[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_ypres3.html Third Battle of Ypres, 21 July- 6 November 1917]
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33111?docPos=1 Charles Fergusson at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BYNG.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]

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