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:''Main article: [[1st Battalion in the Third Battle of Ypres (1917)]]''
To get a better understanding of the Third Battle of Ypres, the Divisional composites that made up the Corps of the Fifth Army and the [[Border Regiment]] [[Battalions of the Border Regiment|battalions]] involved,
The Third Battle of Ypres, which was now about to commence, was the final portion of a scheme of an offensive in [[Flanders]] which had been conceived during the previous winter. The preparations needed for its carrying out had been interfered with in various ways, and the actual attack had been postponed until very much later in the year than had been intended when the plan had originally been drawn up. The actual date for the opening of the attack had at least twice been changed; arranged in the first instance for the 25th, it was postponed for three days, but subsequently a succession of days of bad visibility, combined with the difficulties experienced by our [[Allies]] in getting their guns into position in their new area, caused a further postponement until the [[31 July]], though a number of raids and certain preliminary operations in connection with the general attack took place during the week immediately preceeding that date.
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