Battle of Courtrai (1918)

Battle of Courtrai
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)
Date14–19 October 1918
Location50°50′N 03°16′E / 50.833°N 3.267°E / 50.833; 3.267
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

Belgium Belgium
 British Empire

 France
 German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Belgium King Albert I
Belgium Cyriaque Gillain
French Third Republic Jean Degoutte
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Plumer
German Empire Erich Ludendorff
German Empire Crown Prince Rupprecht
German Empire Sixt von Armin
German Empire 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.