Battle of Courtrai (1918)

Battle of Courtrai
Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I
Liberation of Bruges - King Albert I of the Belgians with his wife, Queen Elisabeth enter Bruges on 25 October 1918 alongside Admiral Roger Keyes (far left) and the 1st Earl of Athlone (far right)
Date 14–19 October 1918 Location Ypres, Belgium to Ghent, Belgium 50°50′N 03°16′E / 50.833°N 3.267°E / 50.833; 3.267 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Belgium  British Empire Newfoundland  United Kingdom  France	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
King Albert I Cyriaque Gillain Jean Degoutte Herbert Plumer	Erich Ludendorff Crown Prince Rupprecht Sixt von Armin Ferdinand von Quast
Casualties and losses
Not available	Not available 12,000 soldiers captured 550 artillery pieces captured.

The Battle of Courtrai (also known as the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) and the Battle of Roulers (French: Bataille de Roulers)) was one of a series of offensives in northern France and southern Belgium that took place in late September and October 1918.