A German-held salient from Reims to Amiens had been formed Coming_to_be in 1914 , which menaced communications between Paris and northern France .

The attacks captured Conquering the German-held high ground along the Passchendaele–Westrozebeke ridge but the campaign ended Process_end just short of Westrozebeke .

The First Ostend Raid ( part of Operation ZO ) was the first of two attacks Attack by the Royal Navy on the German-held port of Ostend during the late spring of 1918 during the First World War Hostile_encounter .

The offensive Hostile_encounter began Process_start when the British VIII Corps , with three armoured divisions , attacked Attack to seize Conquering the German-held Bourguébus Ridge , the area between Bretteville-sur-Laize and Vimont and to inflict maximum casualties Catastrophe on the Germans .

The operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns , creating Creating a salient into German-held territory limiting V-2 rocket launching sites .