Battle of Amiens (1918)

August 8–12, 1918 · Battle of Amiens (1918)

Result Allied victory

The British Fourth Army and French First Army broke the German line east of Amiens: Ludendorff's "black day of the German army" and the start of the Hundred Days.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Other

United Kingdom

Australia

Canada

France

United States

German Empire

Ferdinand Foch military commander

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig military commander

Arthur Currie military commander

Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson military commander

John Monash military commander

Paul von Hindenburg military commander

Erich Ludendorff military commander

Georg von der Marwitz military commander

Oskar von Hutier military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties: 45,000
Captured: 29,873
Aircraft: 365

Units

1st Army (France) Fourth Army (United Kingdom) Third Army (United Kingdom) 35th Army Corps (France) Australian Corps Canadian Corps 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 58th (2/1st London) Division Guards Division (United Kingdom) US 1st Division

18th Army (German Empire) 2nd Army (German Empire) 54th Corps (German Empire)

III Corps (German Empire) IX Corps (German Empire) XI Corps (German Empire)