Battle of Courtrai | |||||||
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Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I | |||||||
Liberation of Bruges - King Albert I of the Belgians with his wife, Queen Elisabeth enter Bruges on 25 October 1918 alongside Admiral Roger Keyes (far left) and the 1st Earl of Athlone (far right) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | German Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
King Albert I Cyriaque Gillain Jean Degoutte Herbert Plumer |
Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht Sixt von Armin Ferdinand von Quast | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Not available |
Not available 12,000 soldiers captured 550 artillery pieces captured. |
The Battle of Courtrai (also known as the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) and the Battle of Roulers (French: Bataille de Roulers)) was one of a series of offensives in northern France and southern Belgium that took place in late September and October 1918.