Battle of the Lys and the Escaut

Battle of the Lys and the Escaut, 1918
Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War
British and Belgian soldiers outside a German cafeteria called "Kaiser Kaffee" in Menin, October 1918.
Date 20 October – 11 November 1918 Location East Flanders, Belgium 50°51′N 03°36′E / 50.850°N 3.600°E / 50.850; 3.600 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Belgium  British Empire  France  United States	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
King Albert I Herbert Plumer Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy	Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht Friedrich Sixt von Armin Ferdinand von Quast

The Battle of the Lys and the Escaut was the third and last phase of the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) or the Ypres-Lys Offensive, and took place in Belgium between 20 October and 11 November 1918.