to the north-east of la unk lies unk ; by 1916 , the village was called Name_conferral unk by the british expeditionary force Military_operation ( bef ) to avoid Preventing_or_letting confusion with la unk , south of the road .

the battle Hostile_encounter of le unk was the last big attack Attack by the fourth army of the british expeditionary force Causation ( bef ) in the 1916 battle Hostile_encounter of the somme in france , during the first world war Military_operation .

the belgian forces in antwerp conducted Action three sorties in late september and early october , which interrupted Hindering german plans to send Sending troops to france , where reinforcements were needed to counter the french armies and the british expeditionary force ( bef ) .

the british expeditionary force Hostile_encounter ( bef ) was sent Sending to help Assistance defend Defending france .

its goal Aiming was to break Destroying through the allied ( entente ) lines and advance in a north-westerly direction to seize Conquering the channel ports , which supplied Supply the british expeditionary force ( bef ) and to drive the bef into the sea .

its goal Aiming was to break Destroying through the allied ( entente ) lines and advance in a north-westerly direction to seize Conquering the channel ports , which supplied Supply the british expeditionary force ( bef ) and to drive the bef into the sea .

the belgian field army made Creating several sorties from antwerp in late august and september to harass Hindering german communications and to assist Assistance the french and the british expeditionary force Hostile_encounter ( bef ) , by keeping Temporary_stay german troops in belgium .

the battle Hostile_encounter was part of the first battle Hostile_encounter of flanders , in which german , french , belgian armies and the british expeditionary force Hostile_encounter ( bef ) fought Hostile_encounter from arras in france to nieuport on the belgian coast , from 10 october to mid-november .

when `` fall rot '' ( case red ) , the final german offensive , began Process_start on 5 june , the ix corps of the french tenth army ( including the 51st ( highland ) infantry division ( major-general victor fortune ) of the british expeditionary force ( bef ) after it arrived Arriving from the saar on 28 may ) , was pushed Hold back to the bresle river .