Jersey Battle of Flowers Jersey Battle of Flowers The Jersey Battle of Flowers is an annual carnival held in the Channel Island of Jersey in the second Thursday of August. The festival consists of music, funfairs, dancers, majorettes and a parade of flower floats alongside various street entertainers. It was inaugurated in 1902 to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The largest attendance to date is thought to be that of 1969 when 60,000 people were present. Current spectator numbers are around 20,000. The major floats are usually produced by the parishes of Jersey. The 'Battle' itself originally consisted of
Battle of the Lys and the Escaut Battle of the Lys and the Escaut The Battle of the Lys and the Escaut was the third and last phase in what is known as the Second Battle of Belgium () or the Ypres-Lys Offensive, and took place in Belgium between 20 October and 11 November 1918. In August 1918, the Allied Command decided to launch an offensive all along the Western Front. In Belgium the (GAF) was formed under the command of King Albert I of Belgium, with the French General Jean Degoutte as Chief of Staff, comprising twelve Belgian divisions, ten divisions of the British Second Army