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    Albert (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is located about halfway between...
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    The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First...
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    Somme (French pronunciation: [sɔm] ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It...
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  • of Albert, a former electoral district in Queensland, Australia Albert, Somme, a French commune Albert (automobile), a 1920s British light car Albert (motorcycle)...
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    The Somme (UK: /sɒm/ SOM, US: /sʌm/ SUM, French: [sɔm] ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is 245 km (152 mi) in length, from its source...
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    The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of...
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    the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme. It...
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    Hurtu was a pioneering French car made by Diligeon et Cie based in Albert, Somme from 1896 to 1930. As well as cars, the company also made sewing machines...
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    obtain a military uniform and a false identity. Upon her arrival in Albert, Somme, she found a soldier who took her to the front lines. However, trench...
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    Albert, a commune of the Somme department in the Picardy (Picardie) region of northern France. The airport is located 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Albert...
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  • transmitted the message that the British artillery was in the town of Albert, Somme by killing a man of that name, and that his German chief understood...
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  • An old pack of British Woodbine cigarettes, photographed at the Musée Somme 1916 of Albert (Somme), France...
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  • opening phase of the Battle of the Somme Battle of Albert (1918), the opening phase of the Second Battle of the Somme This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World...
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  • Jean-Claude Dessein (category People from Albert, Somme)
    served as a member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1993, representing Somme. "HOMMAGE À JEAN-CLAUDE DESSEIN". Amiens Socialiste. September 26, 2011...
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  • Xavier Depraz (category People from Albert, Somme)
    1926 – 18 October 1994) was a French opera singer and actor. Born in Albert (Somme), Depraz was a bass at the Paris Opéra until 1971. He took part in the...
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    Fricourt German war cemetery (category Cemeteries in Somme (department))
    war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German...
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    completed his masterpiece, the Notre-Dame basilisk of Brebières at Albert in the Somme, a majestic monument inspired by both Byzantine and Moorish art,...
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    Olivier Charlier (category People from Albert, Somme)
    plays on a violin by Carlo Bergonzi dated 1747. Charlier was born in Albert, Somme and admitted at the age of 10 to the Conservatoire de Paris where he...
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    (French pronunciation: [mame]; Picard: Mamé) is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it...
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  • Christophe Moyon (category People from Albert, Somme)
    Christophe Moyon Personal information Nationality French Born (1963-05-12) 12 May 1963 (age 60) Albert, France Sport Sport Ice hockey...
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    Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916) is the British name for the first two weeks of British–French offensive operations of the Battle of the Somme. The Allied...
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    Battle of Pozières (category Battle of the Somme)
    of Pozières, on the Albert–Bapaume road, lies atop a ridge approximately in the centre of what was the British sector of the Somme battlefield. Close by...
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    Matthew Leggat † 15 Sqn. R.E.8 (B742) JG I Fokker DR.I(477/17) 2 km NE of Albert, Somme 71 27 March 1918 0900 Capt.Thomas Sydney Sharpe DFC (WIA/POW) 73 Sqn...
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    Eugénie Salanson (category People from Albert, Somme)
    serve as a tariff collector. The family later moved to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, where her twin sisters were born, then on to Saint-Omer, where her father...
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    2501F on display at L'Epopée de l'Industrie et de l'Aéronautique in Albert, Somme. 146 - 2501 on display at Ecole des metiers de l'automobile, at Viuz-en-sallaz...
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    Occupation Architect Buildings 11-13, Petites-Écuries street, in Paris (10e), France. Town hall of Albert (Somme), France. Projects Amiens's hospital center...
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    the infant Jesus on top of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières in Albert, Somme, France, was hit by a shell on 15 January 1915, and slumped to a near-horizontal...
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    the war, he participated in several battles, notably Ypres (1915), the Somme (1916) and Verdun, earning the Iron Cross second and first class. Following...
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    This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1...
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