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    known as the British Memorial Association, Fromelles, has been set up to establish a memorial in Fromelles, dedicated to the thousands of British men...
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    The Attack at Fromelles (French pronunciation: [fʁɔmɛl] (Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or Schlacht von Fromelles) 19–20 July 1916, was a military...
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    19 July 2010 to mark the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. The Battle of Fromelles took place on the night of 19–20 July 1916, during the Somme...
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  • Fromelles Military Cemetery can mean: V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, 2 kilometres northwest of the village of Fromelles Fromelles (Pheasant...
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    in the commune of Fromelles, in the Nord departement of France, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Fromelles on the D22C road (rue Delval)...
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    In fact, that operation was not finished until 27 April. The town of Fromelles holds an annual service at Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery where a few...
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    communication failures, casualties and disorganisation. The Battle of Fromelles was a subsidiary attack to support the Fourth Army on the Somme 80 km...
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    New Zealand companies, initially operating around Armentieres and at Fromelles. The following year they operated in the Ypres section. In November 1916...
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    France, would be the first to see major action, doing so in the Battle of Fromelles, a week after going into the trenches. As the Germans had been reinforcing...
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  • Flanders thereafter, and fought in numerous actions, including the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 and the latter phases of the Battle of the Somme in October...
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  • captain in the 2nd battalion, Rifle Brigade, was posted as missing at Fromelles, France during the northern attack of the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9...
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    sides heavy casualties. The Germans occupied a small salient in front of Fromelles called the Sugarloaf due to its distinctive shape. Being small, it provided...
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    divisions of the AIF were sent to the Western Front. In July 1916, at Fromelles, in a diversionary attack during the Battle of the Somme, the AIF suffered...
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    with the Battle of the Somme, and more specifically with the Attack at Fromelles. Soon after, the 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions became tied down in actions...
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  • World War I memorial, located near Fromelles, France, commemorating Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles. The memorial park is located approximately...
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    suggested a First Army attack towards Fromelles, not towards Lille as originally planned. Bourne writes: "that (Fromelles) took place at all owed most to the...
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    flank of the salient, was the first to see action during the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916, suffering a staggering 5,533 casualties in a single day...
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    in 1951. Fromelles Aubers Illies Marquillies (sugar mill) Fournes-en-Weppes Sainghin-en-Weppes Don-Sainghin Ligne de Don-Saingin a Fromelles: horaires...
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    formed 15th Infantry Brigade, which he led in the disastrous Battle of Fromelles in July 1916. In March 1917, the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line...
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    historians. Having missed the poorly conceived and executed attack at Fromelles on 19 July 1916, the first big Australian action in France which had resulted...
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    Faches-Thumesnil Forest-sur-Marque Fournes-en-Weppes Frelinghien Fretin Fromelles Gruson Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin Halluin Hantay Haubourdin Hem Herlies...
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    Bazentin Ridge 14 July British victory during the Somme offensive Battle of Fromelles 19–20 July German victory south of the rest of the Somme offensive, considered...
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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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    which were often lost or obliterated e.g. the forgotten mass grave at Fromelles. As a result, the remains of missing combatants might not be found for...
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  • with violence from the war. Blake tells Harold that Sid Bartel survived Fromelles, the worst WWI battle that Australians had seen, but didn't go bad. Harold...
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    Corps for a diversionary operation that became known as the Battle of Fromelles. In June 1917, the corps took part in the Battle of Messines, which was...
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    Fournes-en-Weppes Frasnoy Frelinghien Fresnes-sur-Escaut Fressain Fressies Fretin Fromelles Genech Ghissignies Ghyvelde Glageon Godewaersvelde Gœulzin Gognies-Chaussée...
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  • phase of the Battle of the Somme) (Details) July 19–20 Western Battle of Fromelles (Initial phase of the Battle of the Somme). July 23 – August 7 Western...
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    aircraft on 9–10 July. The division's first action was the Attack at Fromelles on 19 July 1916, a diversionary operation in support of the Somme Offensive...
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  • covering a larger force. Bean devoted over 100 pages to the Battle of Fromelles, a relatively small action intended as a diversion during the Battle of...
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