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    Arras is in northern France at the confluence of the rivers Scarpe and Crinchon. The Arras plain is on a large chalk plateau bordered on the north by the...
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    Zwalm (Zwalm) Rone (Kluisbergen) Rhosne (Ronse) Scarpe (Mortagne-du-Nord) Crinchon (..) Ugy (..) Haine (Condé-sur-l'Escaut) Trouille (Mons-Jeumont) Hogneau...
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    miles (3 km) southwest of Arras, at the D3 and D5 road junction. The river Crinchon flows through the town. The old windmill, rebuilt in 1994. The church of...
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    the Ronville system housing 4,000 men. The 8 ft × 6 ft (2.4 m × 1.8 m) Crinchon sewer followed the ditch of the old fortifications and tunnels were dug...
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    located 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Arras on the D1 road. The small river Crinchon passes through the commune. Canadian forces were billetted here during...
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  • Thumbnail for Achicourt station
    bifurcation station and rest stop were destroyed when the nearby bridge over the Crinchon was blown up by the Germans on the night of September 16-17, 1914. After...
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    the D1 road, which follows the route of a Roman road. The small river Crinchon flows by the commune. Mentioned in the 7th century for the first time,...
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  • Thumbnail for 4th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
    guns. From February, 55th Divisional Artillery had been deployed in the Crinchon Valley, a quiet sector, but on 20 July the brigades marched south to join...
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