AIMS

Led by General Haig

- Break German lines quickly (Berlin Ports)
- Relieve the French
- DIstract from the east as the russian army was weak / revolution at home
- Attrition - wear down the Germans

REASONS FOR FAILURE

Weather
- Unseasonal rain
- Creating mud
- Made transport difficult
- Traversing no man's land
- Weapons getting clogged, not functioning
- Drowning in the mud
- Cavalry ineffective
- Artillery created craters that filled with water
- Churned up the land
- Slows the attracts

Germans pre warning

- Messines Ridge 7th of June
- Artillery shelling began for 10 days 18th July

Mustard gas used for the first time

- Unexpecting
- Confused the british

WHAT DID THEY ACC ACHIEVE