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'''Wat Tham Saeng Phet''' ({{lang-th|วัดถ้ำแสงเพชร}}) is a [[Buddhist]] [[temple]] near [[Amnat Charoen]], [[Thailand]]. It is located on Amnat Charoen-Khemarat Road 18 kilometres from the Amnat Charoen, 2 kilometres off the main road uphill. Located on a large sandstone plain, the temple has a [[vihara]], a [[pagoda]], and a huge [[reclining Buddha]]. North of the vihara is a large cave housing a [[Buddha image]]. This cave is named Saeng Phet or "diamond’s glitters" due to its flashing glitter rock. Wat Tham Saeng Phet is [[meditation]] centre of those who honour [[Achan Cha Suphatto]], a famous monk from [[Wat Nong Pa Phong]]. Foreign monks often practice mediation here.<ref>[http://www.tourismthailand.org/attraction/amnatcharoen-37-4731-1.html Tourism Thailand : Destination Guide > Activity > Tham Saeng Phet Temple (Wat Tham Saeng Phet)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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|conflict=Grand Offensive |
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|partof=the [[World War I|First World War]] |
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|date=[[September 26]] – [[November 11]], [[1918]] |
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|place=[[France]] and [[Belgium]] |
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|result=Allied Victory |
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|combatant1={{flagicon|UK}} [[British Empire]]<br> |
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{{flagicon|France}} [[France]]<br> |
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|commander1=[[Ferdinand Foch]] |
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|commander2=[[Paul von Hindenburg]]<br>[[Erich Ludendorff]] |
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The '''Grand Offensive''' is a common, if informal, term for the series of attacks by the [[Allies of World War I|Allies and Associated Powers]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], commencing on [[September 26]], [[1918]]. Allied attacks between mid-July and mid-September had been conducted sequentially, and Germany was able to resist them by shifting reserves from other parts of the Front. [[Ferdinand Foch|Foch's]] intention was to deprive Germany of the chance to shift their reserves by launching a number of simultaneous attacks, in the hope that at least one would result in a breakthrough. In the event, there were no breakthroughs, but the operations were generally successful, and resulted in Germany suing for terms. |
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The '''Grand Offensive''' includes the following separate battles: |
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*[[Meuse-Argonne Offensive]] launched by the [[American Expeditionary Force]] on [[September 26]] |
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*Operations in [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]] by the French IV Army from the same date |
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*[[Battle of St. Quentin Canal]] by the [[British Expeditionary Force|BEF's]] 4th Army from [[September 29]] |
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*[[Fourth Battle of Ypres]] by the BEF's 2nd Army, French and Belgian forces from [[September 28]] |
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With the Allies attacking at four separate points, a conference was held at Spa on [[September 29]]. At this conference, Ludendorff advised [[Kaiser Wilhelm II]] that an armistice should be sought, as German defeat was now inevitable. Foreign Secretary [[Paul von Hintze|Hintze]] went further by suggesting that in view of the situation on the Western Front, revolution would break out if Germany did not reform her constitutional systems. The result of this conference would be the Kaiser's abdication on [[November 9]]. |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of Canadian battles during World War I]] |
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*''To Win a War'', [[John Terraine]], 2000, Sterling Publishing, ISBN 0-304-35321-3 |
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*''Imperial War Museum Book of 1918: Year of Victory'', Malcolm Brown, 1998, Sidgwick and Jackson, ISBN 0-283-06307-6 |
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*''Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War'', Robert Doughty, 2005, Harvard University Press, ISBN 067401880X |
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Revision as of 12:37, 13 October 2008
Wat Tham Saeng Phet (Thai: วัดถ้ำแสงเพชร) is a Buddhist temple near Amnat Charoen, Thailand. It is located on Amnat Charoen-Khemarat Road 18 kilometres from the Amnat Charoen, 2 kilometres off the main road uphill. Located on a large sandstone plain, the temple has a vihara, a pagoda, and a huge reclining Buddha. North of the vihara is a large cave housing a Buddha image. This cave is named Saeng Phet or "diamond’s glitters" due to its flashing glitter rock. Wat Tham Saeng Phet is meditation centre of those who honour Achan Cha Suphatto, a famous monk from Wat Nong Pa Phong. Foreign monks often practice mediation here.[1]
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