article_snippet: Mericourt was situated to the east of the Beaurevoir Line and troops were dispatched in early October to capture the  Line - the third line of defences of the Hindenburg Line - and the surrounding areas.
article_snippet: the Beaurevoir Line was the last of a series of German defensive lines and consisted of thick barbed wire entanglements and well-sited machine and anti-tank gun bunkers.
article_snippet: The original attack on the Hindenburg Line launched on September 29, 1918, had planned to encompass the Beaurevior Line as well, but was not successful.
article_snippet: British and Australian troops were ordered to break through the Beaurevoir Line on October 3, 1918.
article_snippet: Two days later, British and Canadian troops broke through the Hindenburg Line at the Second Battle of Cambrai.
article_snippet: The collapse forced the German High Command to accept that the war had to be ended.