Battle of Bure

Battle of Bure
Part of Battle of the Bulge
British Airborne Sniper in snow camouflage with Lee–Enfield rifle in the Ardennes, 14 January 1945
Date 3–5 January 1945 Location Bure, Rochefort, and Grupont Belgium 50°05′20″N 5°15′35″E / 50.088759°N 5.259762°E / 50.088759; 5.259762 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Belgium	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Nigel Poett	Unknown
Units involved
5th Para Brigade 5th SAS	Elements of 2nd Panzer Division
Casualties and losses
Roughly 250 combined killed and/or wounded 16 tanks damaged or destroyed[1]	Roughly 500 killed and/or wounded 11 tanks damaged or destroyed[1]

The Battle of Bure was part of the Battle of the Bulge, which lasted from 3 to 5 January 1945 during the final months of the Second World War. The battle was fought as part of the Allied counterattack to force the Germans from ground that they had captured and which had forced the Allies on the defensive. XXX Corps with British 6th Airborne Division attached, was to clear the area east of Dinant, Rochefort, Grupont and Bure in Belgium. Bure was secured after nearly three days of heavy fighting whilst Gupont and Rochefort were both cleared with little resistance and the advance continued.