Battle of the Lys and the Escaut

Battle of the Lys and the Escaut, 1918
Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War

British and Belgian soldiers outside a German cafeteria called "Kaiser Kaffee" in Menin, October 1918.
Date20 October – 11 November 1918
Location
East Flanders, Belgium
50°51′N 03°36′E / 50.850°N 3.600°E / 50.850; 3.600
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Belgium Belgium
 British Empire
 France
 United States		  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Belgium King Albert I
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Plumer
French Third Republic Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy		 German Empire Erich Ludendorff
German Empire Crown Prince Rupprecht
German Empire Friedrich Sixt von Armin
German Empire Ferdinand von Quast

The Battle of the Lys and the Escaut was the third and last phase of the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) or the Ypres-Lys Offensive, and took place in Belgium between 20 October and 11 November 1918.