Schematic plans · World War I
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
- 20 November – 4 December 1917
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24 Nov25 Nov26 Nov27 Nov28 Nov29 Nov30 Nov1 Dec2 Dec3 Dec4 Dec5 Dec
Bars in the attacker's colour:Great BritainGermany
Losses in these engagements
- Great Britain
- 44,000 lostin 2 engagements
- Germany
- 53,000 lostin 2 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cambrai I | 20 Nov – 27 Nov | Br 3rd Army90,000 men | Ger 2nd Army75,000 men | 15,000 / 25,000 | Great Britain won |
| 2. | Cambrai II | 30 Nov – 4 Dec | Ger 2nd Army130,000 men | Br 3rd Army90,000 men | 28,000 / 29,000 | Germany won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.