Le Hamel (French pronunciation: [lə amɛl]) is a commune in the Somme department and Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Le Hamel is situated some...
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Le Hamel is the name of the following communes in France: Le Hamel, Oise, in the Oise department Le Hamel, Somme, in the Somme department Le Hamel, a hamlet...
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Beaumont-Hamel (French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃ amɛl]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. During the First World...
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Rawlinson, decided that the next strike would come at the village of Le Hamel, Somme. The German advance earlier in the year had created a "bulge" in the...
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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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Battle of the Somme. The regiment, still with the 29th British Division, went into the line in April 1916 at Beaumont-Hamel. Beaumont-Hamel was situated...
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1st July 1916: the First Day of the Battle of the Somme: The Attack of the VIII Corps at Beaumont Hamel and Serre. Iona Books. ISBN 978-0-9558119-2-0. Peaple...
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speaking in Beaumont-Hamel, nearby cemeteries are: Munich Trench Cemetery Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 1, 2 & 3 First day on the Somme – Serre Sheffield City...
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resistance from British and Australian units. Meanwhile, they captured Le Hamel, Somme, France in an attempt to reach the strategic road and rail hub at Villers-Bretonneux...
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The Capture of Beaumont-Hamel was a tactical incident that took place during the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916) in the Battle of the Ancre...
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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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sur l'instruction primaire et les instituteurs. Amiens: Progrès de la Somme. OCLC 464741439. Hamel, Ernest (1872). Les Origines de la Révolution. Paris:...
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Le Hamel Marcelcave Méricourt-l'Abbé Morcourt Pont-Noyelles Ribemont-sur-Ancre Sailly-Laurette Sailly-le-Sec Treux Vaire-sous-Corbie Vaux-sur-Somme Vecquemont...
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of Somme View of Mers-les-Bains Amiens Château de Rambures Chapel in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Cantons of the Somme department Communes of the Somme department...
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the closing stage of the Battle of the Somme. The ground originally donated by the commune of Beaumont-Hamel to the Veterans of the 51st (Highland) Division...
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Thiepval Memorial (redirect from Somme Memorial)
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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Ancre British Cemetery (category Cemeteries in Somme (department))
about 2 kilometers south of Beaumont-Hamel, on the stretch of the D50 road between the villages of Albert and Achiet-le-Grand. It is located close to the...
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Y (French pronunciation: [i] ee) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Y bears the shortest place name in France...
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regiment was virtually wiped out at Beaumont Hamel on July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, but was rebuilt and continued to serve throughout...
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Battle of Amiens (1918) (category History of Somme (department))
capture for two months in the Battle of the Somme. The Australians had used surprise rather than weight at Hamel. The artillery had opened fire only at the...
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Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ valʁi syʁ sɔm], literally Saint-Valery on Somme; Picard: Saint-Wary), commune in the Somme department, is...
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Péronne (French pronunciation: [peʁɔn]) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne...
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The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):...
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Ham (French pronunciation: [am]; Picard: Hin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France, northern France. Ham is situated on the D930 and...
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was positioned to the south. On 30 March, the Germans attacked around Le Hamel and although this was turned back, they succeeded in making gains around...
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Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial in Beaumont-Hamel in France and four other similar memorial parks at Gueudecourt, Masnières and Monchy-le-Preux in...
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Beaumont-en-Cambrésis, Nord Beaumont-Hague, in Manche Beaumont-Hamel, Somme Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise Beaumont-sur-Sarthe,...
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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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Le Crotoy (French pronunciation: [lə kʁɔtwa]; Picard: Ch'Crotoé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The inhabitants...
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Battle of Le Transloy was the last big attack by the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in France,...
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