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The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May 1917. British troops debark from transports in France. New Zealanders entrain for the front. Devonshire infantry, artillery, Cavalry, and tanks advance. Norfolk troops and Indian Lancers await orders. Irish Guards and Grenadiers advance. The Gordons spread barbed wire. 6-inch guns are positioned. A 12-inch naval gun fires. A tank advances under fire. Mules carry water to artillerymen. Trench mortars blast German barbed wire. Fusiliers enter trenches. Cold-stream and Welsh guards take up positions. Scaling ladders are prepared. South Africans raid German trenches and return with prisoners. Liverpool infantry advances. Supplies are issued at the front. London troops go over the top. German shells land in a village. Artillery pounds Ger. trenches. Brit. planes reconnoiter. Antiaircraft fire drives off Ger. planes. A 6-inch howitzer is camouflaged. Ammunition is mo
