The Loss of the Kink Salient occurred Coming_to_be during a local attack Attack on 11 May 1916 , by the 3rd Bavarian Division on the positions of the 15th ( Scottish ) Division .

The gas attacks Attack were part of the sporadic fighting Hostile_encounter between battles in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front .

The shorter defensive Defending position behind the Noyon Salient was built Building to economise on manpower , contain an Allied breakthrough and make possible a deliberate withdrawal Escaping to prepared positions Employment .

The battle took place Process_start in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front , in and around the Belgian village of Passchendaele , between 26 October and 10 November 1917 .

The victory of the Austro-German forces against the Italian Army at the Battle of Caporetto and the forthcoming Battle of Cambrai forced the British into a parallel diversion of resources from the Ypres Salient .

The First Battle Hostile_encounter of Passchendaele took place Process_start on 12 October 1917 , in the Ypres Salient of the Western Front , west of Passchendaele village .