[PAR] [TLE] Battle of Cambrai (1917) [SEP] The Battle of Cambrai (called the Battle of Cambrai, 1917 by the Battlefield Nomenclature Committee; also sometimes referred to as the First Battle of Cambrai) was a British attack followed by the biggest German counter-stroke against the BEF since 1914, in the First World War.  Cambrai, in the département of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, was an important supply point for the German "Siegfriedstellung" (known to the British as the Hindenburg Line) and capture of the town and the nearby Bourlon Ridge would threaten the rear of the German line to the north.  Major General Henry Tudor, Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of the 9th (Scottish) Division, advocated the use of new artillery-infantry techniques on his sector of the front.  During preparations, J. F. C. Fuller, a staff officer with the Tank Corps, looked for places to use tanks for raids.  General Julian Byng, commander of the British Third Army, decided to combine both plans. [PAR] [TLE] Ernest Thurtle [SEP] Thurtle worked as an accountant and salesman.  He saw service in the army in World War I and was badly wounded at the Battle of Cambrai.  In 1912 he married Dorothy Lansbury, daughter of George Lansbury, leader of the Labour Party in the 1930s.
[PAR] [TLE] Battle of Cambrai ( 1917 ) [ SEP ] The Battle of Cambrai ( called the Battle of Cambrai , 1917 by the Battlefield Nomenclature Committee ; also sometimes referred to as the First Battle of Cambrai ) was a British attack followed by the biggest German counter - stroke against the BEF since 1914 , in the First World War . Cambrai , in the département of Nord - Pas - de - Calais , was an important supply point for the German " Siegfriedstellung " ( known to the British as the Hindenburg Line ) and capture of the town and the nearby Bourlon Ridge would threaten the rear of the German line to the north . Major General Henry Tudor , Commander , Royal Artillery ( CRA ) of the 9th ( Scottish ) Division , advocated the use of new artillery - infantry techniques on his sector of the front . During preparations , J. F. C. Fuller , a staff officer with the Tank Corps , looked for places to use tanks for raids . General Julian Byng , commander of the British Third Army , decided to combine both plans . [PAR] [TLE] Ernest Thurtle [ SEP ] Thurtle worked as an accountant and salesman . He saw service in the army in World War I and was badly wounded at the Battle of Cambrai . In 1912 he married Dorothy Lansbury , daughter of George Lansbury , leader of the Labour Party in the 1930s .
In what what year did the battle in which Ernest Thurtle was badly wounded occur?
In what what year did the battle in which Ernest Thurtle was badly wounded occur ?
1917
1917