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    day of the battle as "the black day of the German Army". Amiens was one of the first major battles involving armoured warfare. On 21 March 1918, the...
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  • Battle of Amiens may refer to: Siege of Amiens (1597) of the Franco-Spanish War Battle of Amiens (1870) of the Franco-Prussian War Battle of Amiens (1918)...
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    August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on...
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    3rd Division (Australia) (category Divisions of Australia in World War I)
    important railhead at Amiens. Temporarily placed under the command of the British VII Corps, the division took up position to the east of Amiens in between the...
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    Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (also Actions of Villers-Bretonneux, after the First Battles of the Somme, 1918) took place from 24 to 27 April 1918, during...
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  • Canada's Hundred Days (category Military history of Canada during World War I)
    as part of the British Fourth Army in the Battle of Amiens, then as part of the British First Army in the Second Battle of the Somme, Battle of the Scarpe...
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    afternoon of 4 April, restored the line and halted the German advance on Amiens. In early 1918, following the capitulation of the Russian Empire, the end of the...
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    Second Battle of 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...
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    damage, and was repeatedly occupied by both sides. The 1918 Battle of Amiens was the opening phase of the Hundred Days Offensive which directly led to the...
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    concept of pushing the BEF into the sea. The offensive ended at Villers-Bretonneux, to the east of the Allied communications centre at Amiens, where the...
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    following is a list of forces involved in the Battle of Amiens of World War I fought from August 8 to August 11, 1918. Allied forces at Amiens were under the...
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  • 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (category Armoured regiments of Canada)
    England in 1917, but enough of its former members fought at the Battle of Amiens (1918) that the battalion qualified for a battle honour, which the 12e RBC...
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  • city to Boulogne-sur-Mer. During the 1870 Battle of Amiens, when the Somme was invaded by Prussian forces, Amiens was occupied. The town was fought over...
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    III Corps (German Empire) (category Corps of Germany in World War I)
    which marked the end of the German advances in 1914. Later, it participated in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Amiens (1918). It was still in existence...
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    moved to the vital rail centre of Amiens and the defence began to stiffen. After fruitless attempts to capture Amiens, Ludendorff called off Operation...
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    Harris, J. P.; Barr, N. (1998). Amiens to the Armistice: The BEF in the Hundred Day's Campaign, 8 August – 11 November 1918. London: Brassey's. ISBN 1-85753-149-3...
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  • (1916) Battle of Vimy Ridge during the 1917 Battle of Arras Battle of Passchendaele Second Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Amiens (1918) Battle of Cambrai...
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    Sam Gloade (category Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal)
    in Belgium) for over a year. Glode was also in the Battle of Passchendaele and Battle of Amiens (1918). Gloade is buried in the St. Gregory's Roman Catholic...
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  • to Amiens by the bishop. 1185 – Amiens becomes part of the crown lands of France per Treaty of Boves [fr]. 1220 – Amiens Cathedral construction begins....
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  • Wars Battle of Amiens – 1870 – Franco-Prussian War Battle of Amiens1918 – World War I Battle of Amphipolis – 422 BCE – Peloponnesian War Battle of Amstetten...
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    Broodseinde; Poelcappelle; Passchendaele; Somme, 1918; Ancre, 1918; Hamel; Amiens; Albert, 1918; Mont St. Quentin; Hindenburg Line; St. Quentin Canal; and France...
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    Villers-Bretonneux (category Communes of Somme (department))
    in northern France. Villers-Bretonneux is situated some 19 km due east of Amiens, on the D1029 road and the A29 motorway. Villers-Bretonneux borders a...
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    commander of British Indian Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Rooiwal, Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of the Somme, Second Battle of the Somme...
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  • The Battle of the Avre (4–5 April 1918), part of the First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, constituted the final German attack towards Amiens in World War...
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  • Royal Canadian Dragoons (category Dragoon regiments of Canada)
    '18 Bazentin Pozières Flers–Courcelette Cambrai, 1917, '18 St. Quentin Amiens Hindenburg Line St. Quentin Canal Beaurevoir Pursuit to Mons France and...
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  • Battle of Villers-Bretonneux can refer to: Battle of Amiens (1870) (27 November 1870), also known as the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, during the Franco-Prussian...
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    Field artillery (category Military history of the Ming dynasty)
    Aisne Battle of Amiens (1918) Battle of the Selle Battle of Elsenborn Ridge Battle of Vuosalmi Battle of Cao Bang (1979) Finnish reconquest of Ladoga...
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    1914–1918.net retrieved on 30 October 2009. The Cambrai Operations November–December 1917 at 1914–1918.net retrieved on 30 October 2009. Battle of Amiens 1918...
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    Retrieved October 27, 2010.[dead link] Battle of Amiens, 27 August 1918 by Philip Gibbs from Source Records of the Great War, Vol. VI, ed. Charles F....
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    The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church...
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