battle, First World War

First Battle of Dernancourt

Name: First Battle of Dernancourt
Start: 1918-03-28
Location: Dernancourt, France

First Battle of Dernancourt was a battle fought on 28 March 1918 at Dernancourt, in what is now France. The recorded result: Australian-British victory.

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Fought28 March 1918

WhereDernancourt, France49.975N, 2.632E

OutcomeAustralian-British victory

Record

Date	28 March 1918
Place	Dernancourt, France 49.975N, 2.632E
Kind	Battle, First World War

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Second Battle of Dernancourt 1918, same recorded site
First Battle of Morlancourt 1918, 2.6 km S
Second Battle of Morlancourt 1918, 2.6 km S
Third Battle of Morlancourt 1918, 2.6 km S
Battle of Albert 1914, 5.7 km NE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 29 times between 1871 and 1918.

Elsewhere in 1918

First Battle of Dernancourt is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20996801, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First Battle of Dernancourt, revision 1370618592, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.