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World War I. Entente campaign, mission 8 "The Clutches of Nouaions"

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The battle took place in April. Here the Entente had 110 divisions, several thousand planes, over 200 tanks, 2,000 light cannon, 1,947 heavy cannon and 1,650 trench guns. In the area of the supposed breakthrough, the Germans had 14 divisions and another 52 in reserve, over 400 cannon and 500 machineguns.
Having developed a plan for capturing a large enemy force deployed at the Nouaions brow, the Allies started pulling men and ordnance into the area. The Germans considered it best to leave the danger zone and withdrew their troops to the well-fortified Siegfried position. The position went along the Saint-Cantain-Arras-La-Faire line to the Aisne and cut the Nouaions brow, also straightening the German defense. This allowed the freed troops to replenish their reserves and reinforce the centra1 section of the front, at the same time impeding the Allies’ plan of encirclement on the Nouaions brow. As a result of that, the Anglo-French troops had to regroup and change their plans. According to a new plan of General Nivelle, the reserve group of armies was to inflict the main strike along a 40-km section between Soissons and Reims in the direction of Irson.
In the attempt to approach the Siegfried line, on April 9 the English attacked the Germans at Arras. But, by April 28 they had only managed to capture a narrow line of a strategically important bridgehead. On April 16, following a 9-day preliminary artillery bombardment, the French started the offensive in their area. After four days of fighting, the Anglo-French troops only managed to take over a small bridgehead and stopped. 
They did not manage to break through the German front, frustrating the hopes of General Nivelle.
The government insisted on stopping the operation due to the immense casualties. The body count in what became known as “Nivelle’s Slaughter” came to 180,000 killed and wounded for the French and 160,000 for the English. The German army lost 163,000 men, out of whom 29,000 were captured...

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