The Battle of Flers–Courcelette ([flɛʁ kuʁsəlɛt], 15 to 22 September 1916) was fought during the Battle of the Somme in France, by the French Sixth Army...
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the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September). The attack was postponed to combine with attacks by the French Sixth Army on Combles, south of Morval...
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(48 km) northeast of Amiens. Courcelette was a major tactical objective in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme Offensive of the First World...
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25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (category Military units and formations of Nova Scotia)
been made in the capture of the villages of Courcelette, Martinpuich and Flers. The battle is significant for the first use of the tank in warfare. It...
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the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. The training included operating in a wood similar to the notorious Delville Wood on the Somme. On the afternoon of 14...
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weeks, until just before the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–17 September), the third British general attack in the Battle of the Somme. The 1st South African...
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Reginald Judson (category New Zealand military personnel of World War II)
was severely wounded in September 1916 during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette. After two years of medical treatment and recovery, he returned to active...
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action on the morning of 15 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme Offensive. With the exception of the few interim Mark...
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the German 1st Army, which had been the final objectives of the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September). The main British attack was postponed to...
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lost positions by counter-attacks. On 21 September, after the battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September), Hindenburg ordered that the Somme front was...
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Boundary Survey for Courcelette in France which Canadian troops re-captured from the German Army in the Battle of Flers–Courcelette during World War I...
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50th (Northumbrian) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Second Battle of Ypres St. Julien Frizenberg Ridge Bellewaarde Ridge Battle of the Somme (1916) Battle of Flers-Courcelette Battle of Morval Battle of Le...
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first use of tanks at all. Although it was the first big combined arms operation, tanks had been used since the Battle of Flers–Courcelette on the Somme...
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Sydney Chilton Mewburn (category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario)
Minister of Militia in October 1917. His son John Mewburn served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was killed in action during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette...
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Attacks on High Wood (category Battle of the Somme)
15 September, when the British captured the wood during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September). The German defenders had great difficulty...
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Leslie Andrew (category Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies)
rank of private. Andrew's arrival at the front coincided with the start of the Somme Offensive. He participated in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, which...
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Donald Forrester Brown (category Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross)
his actions during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916. As he was killed several days later during the Battle of Le Transloy, the award...
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Raymond Asquith (category British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme)
the Battle of the Somme. While leading the first half of 4 Company in an attack near Ginchy on 15 September 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, he...
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remainder of the battle. The O.G. Lines east of the village became the Canadian start line for the Battle of Flers–Courcelette. After the battle it became...
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the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916 and the advance to the Hindenburg Line as well as the Battle of Arras in April 1917, the Battle of Langemark...
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Western Front from May 1916, seeing action at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette when it famously followed one of the first tanks down the high street. Later it...
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Leo Clarke (VC) (category Canadian Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Charles. The main assault of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette was scheduled for 15 September 1916. Its objective was to occupy a chain of trenches between Martinpuich...
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beginning of the Somme Offensive. 41st Division was now ordered to take part in the next phase of the offensive, the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, in which...
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John Gildroy Grant (category New Zealand World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
number of battles, including the Battle of Flers–Courcelette, where about a quarter of its strength became casualties. It also fought in the Battle of Messines...
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14th (Light) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Somme Battle of Delville Wood – August – September 1916 Battle of Flers-Courcelette – September 1916 Battle of Arras (1917) The First Battle of the Scarpe...
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Harry Laurent (category New Zealand military personnel of World War II)
Laurent participated in the Battle of Flers–Courcelette, part of the Somme Offensive, during which he was wounded. After a period of hospital treatment, he...
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Harry Farr (category Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
move to the front line of the Battle of Flers–Courcelette as part of an assault on the German 'Quadrilateral'—a fortified area of German soldiers. To reach...
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King's Royal Rifle Corps (redirect from 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot)
Battle of Delville Wood in July 1916 and the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916 as well as the advance to the Hindenburg Line, the Battle of...
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Female tank (category History of the tank)
part in the first tank action, on 15 September 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive on 15 September 1916. In 1918 it was...
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2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) (category Armoured regiments of World War II)
the Battle of the Somme, Battle of Bazentin, Battle of Flers–Courcelette, the Advance to the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of Cambrai. In February 1918...
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