Third Army (United Kingdom)

The 3rd British Army was a major unit of the British Army in the First World War.

History

The army was drawn up in July 1915, and took, among others, the following battles in part:

• Battle of the Somme (1916 )
• Battle of Arras (1917 )
• Battle of Cambrai (1917 )
• Hundred Days Offensive ( 1918)

Commander

• General Charles Monro ( 15 July-23 October 1915)
• General Edmund Allenby (October 23, 1915 - June 9, 1917 )
• General Julian Byng (June 9, 1917 - November 11, 1918 )