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    Villers-Bretonneux (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ bʁətɔnø]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Villers-Bretonneux...
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    The 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...
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    The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War...
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    The First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (30 March – 5 April 1918), took place during Operation Michael, part of the German spring offensive on the Western...
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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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    (Abteilungen) of tanks were assigned to an attack in April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux at the head of the four German divisions spread over a 6.4-kilometre...
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    Villers-Bretonneux is a railway station located in the commune of Villers-Bretonneux in the Somme department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France...
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    Romain (2017). "'They Attack Villers-Bretonneux and block the road to Amiens'. A French perspective on Second Villers-Bretonneux" In New Directions in War...
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    surviving example of an A7V. In April 1918, during a German attack at Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front, it became stuck in a shell-hole and was abandoned...
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    engagement between three German A7Vs and three British Mk. IVs at Villers-Bretonneux. Fuller's Plan 1919, involving massive use of tanks for an offensive...
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    Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux from 2008 until 2020, and strong proponent of Australia–France relations. Simon served as Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux for two...
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  • centre, located near the village of Villers-Bretonneux (Somme) in northern France, is set behind the VillersBretonneux Australian National Memorial and...
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    original 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...
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    The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, was fought on 27 November 1870 between French and Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian...
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  • existence on 4 April, and travelled by rail with 58th Division to cover Villers-Bretonneux against the continuing German advance. Here the battalion was joined...
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    Hangard Wood is a locality south of Villers-Bretonneux northern France. It was the site of Hangard village and a battle in World War I. The battle of Hangard...
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    fought with his battalion at Dernancourt and Villers-Bretonneux. Shortly after the fighting at Villers-Bretonneux, Jensen was on patrol when he received a...
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    it was relieved by French troops on 1 April. It was then moved to Villers-Bretonneux, through which 5th Army was retreating. The battalion was resting...
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  • World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. 1922 – The first segment...
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  • more of the Villers-Bretonneux plateau. The continued peaceful penetrations on the northern flank of the salient below Villers-Bretonneux caused the Germans...
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  • The brigade's most notable action came during the Allied attack on Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918, during the Second Battle of the Somme that took...
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    Front at Messines and Ypres, against the German Spring Offensive, at Villers-Bretonneux and in the final Allied Hundred Days Offensive. On the outbreak of...
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    Memorial for the forces of India, the Vimy Memorial by Canada, the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial by Australia, the Delville Wood Memorial by South Africa...
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    front of Villers-Bretonneux, the latest German objective. The battalion was not directly involved in the First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, but on 18...
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    railhead at Amiens, the German advance in the sector was checked around Villers-Bretonneux in early April. As the German offensive exhausted itself, in June...
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  • relieved by the French on 2/3 April and was moved by rail to cover Villers-Bretonneux against the continuing German advance. On 12 April, 173rd Bde was...
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    was finally removed from the conflict when, outside the village of Villers-Bretonneux, he was badly gassed and a missile passed through his trachea. He...
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    battles at Mouquet Farm, Messines, Polygon Wood, Dernancourt and Villers-Bretonneux. In May 1918, the battalion was disbanded to provide reinforcements...
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    battle was between Mk IV tanks and German A7Vs in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in April 1918. About 40 captured Mark IVs were employed by the Germans...
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    War 26th Battalion Villers-Bretonneux, France Privately held Walter Brown 1918 First World War 20th Battalion Villers-Bretonneux, France AWM Alexander...
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