The Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt (7 October – 16 November 1916) describe a tactical incident during the Battle of the Somme. The Butte de Warlencourt...
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Gueudecourt Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye Capture of Le Sars Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt Capture of Schwaben Redoubt Capture of Stuff Redoubt Capture...
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Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
continued in the area, to take the Butte de Warlencourt, which was captured several times and lost to German counter-attacks, during the rest of the Battle...
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Poplar and Stepney Rifles (redirect from 15th Middlesex (The Customs and Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps)
Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt on 7–8 October. It then left the Somme sector for rest and reorganisation. 47th (2nd L) Division moved into the Hill 60...
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in 1971, including the Lochnagar mine crater, Delville Wood and the Butte de Warlencourt. A third revision was published in 2003 by Pen & Sword with a preface...
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1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers (category Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army)
renewed attack on 7 October (part of III Corps' Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt) brought heavy casualties for little gain. Conditions for the RE and...
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the Butte de Warlencourt in October 1916 incurred a further 1,150 casualties, and a further 700 at Arras in April 1917. After these attacks, which resulted...
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20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) (redirect from 569th (The Queen's Own) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery)
Eaucourt l'Abbaye 1–3 October Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt 7–8 October 47th Division moved into the Hill 60 sector of the Ypres Salient in October 1916...
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Battle of Le Transloy (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Le Transloy and Warlencourt and towards the Butte de Warlencourt, from which German observers could see all round. Deliberate attacks on 7, 12, 18 and 23...
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19th Battalion, London Regiment (St Pancras) (category Battalions of the London Regiment (1908–1938))
the Transloy Ridges 1–9 October Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye 1–3 October Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt 7–8 October 47th Division moved into the...
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95th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (category Siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery)
95th Siege Bty in position, as the Somme offensive died away in a series of attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt. By now the battery had been advanced to...
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142nd (6th London) Brigade (category Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I)
Ridges 1–9 October Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye 1–3 October Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt 7–8 October 1917 Battle of Messines 7–13 June 3rd Battle...
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141st (5th London) Brigade (category Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I)
September Battle of the Transloy Ridges 1–9 October Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye 1–3 October Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt 7–8 October 1917 Battle...
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140th (4th London) Brigade (category Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I)
September Battle of the Transloy Ridges 1–9 October Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye 1–3 October Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt 7–8 October 1917 Battle...
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1st Durham Rifle Volunteers (category Military units and formations in Stockton-on-Tees)
setpiece attack at the Battle of the Transloy Ridges on 1 October. The division's infantry returned to the line on 24 October for an attack on the Butte de Warlencourt...
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October 1916 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Sars from the Germans, while at the same time launched attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt burial mound northeast of the commune. Battle of the Ancre Heights...
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2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps (category Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army)
for an attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, which was several times delayed. 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade finally attacked on 5 November, supported...
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Sunderland Rifles (category Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army)
finished on 3 November and the battalion rested for one day before the 50th Division made a new attack on the Butte de Warlencourt on 5 November (celebrated...
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2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers (category Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army)
for an attack on the Butte de Warlencourt, which was several times delayed. 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade finally attacked on 5 November, supported...
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Capture of Le Sars (category Cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais)
The 47th Division attack on the Butte de Warlencourt succeeded on the right flank but failed to capture the butte, which was on the left flank. The 23rd...
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7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (category Battalions of the London Regiment (1908–1938))
Thebattalion was to attack through the 1/8th Londons (Post Office Rifles) and seize the objective, a mound known as the Butte de Warlencourt. At first casualties...
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Summit cross (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
exemplified by the crosses erected and re-erected on the comparatively insignificant Butte de Warlencourt, a pre-Christian tumulus on the Somme, only some...
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Capture of Gueudecourt (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
been dug by the Germans against an attack from the south-west. The Gird trenches ran north-west to south-east, behind the Butte de Warlencourt. Seven Dials...
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1st Newcastle Engineers (redirect from 1st (The Newcastle) Northumbrian Field Company, Royal Engineers)
November (the battles of Le Transloy and Butte de Warlencourt). The division's last action on the Somme before being relieved was an attack on Gird Trench...
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50th (Northumbrian) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
companies the losses approached 1000. On 14 November the division was ordered to attack a site of German trench building near the butte. The 149th Brigade...
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Capture of Lesbœufs (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
been dug by the Germans against an attack from the south-west. The Gird trenches ran north-west to south-east, behind the Butte de Warlencourt, Seven Dials...
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110th Brigade (United Kingdom) (category Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I)
resumed its advance at 11.00, taking the Butte de Warlencourt, but at 14.00 110th Bde was diverted to fill the gap to 17th (N) Division and 21st Division...
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City of London Rifles (category Battalions of the London Regiment (1908–1938))
rest the depleted 1/6th returned to the front line on 4 October, opposite a mound known as the Butte de Warlencourt. Next day the battalion seized the old...
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cover the unsuccessful attacks by 47th (2nd L) Division and later 9th (Scottish) Division against the Butte de Warlencourt through October. By now the gun...
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small advances in the Ancre valley. Attacks were to be made on Hill 130, the Butte de Warlencourt, Gueudecourt, Serre and Miraumont; the Loupart Wood line...
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