Capture of La Boisselle (1–6 July 1916) was a tactical incident during the Battle of Albert, the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the...

Ovillers-la-Boisselle is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle is situated 22...

The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during...

L'îlot de La Boisselle (French: ilôt meaning "small island") is a small, 3.12-hectare (7.7-acre) historic site in the commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle in the...

In World War I, the small commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle, located some 22 miles (35 km) north-east of Amiens in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France...

able to capture the resulting craters. The larger mines were located near Beaumont-Hamel beneath Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt and near La Boisselle (Lochnagar...

(recognised as being ambitious) were the Capture of La Boisselle situated on a spur, and then an advance of 3,500 yards (3,200 m) almost to Contalmaison...

stated. Capture of Montauban Capture of Mametz Capture of Fricourt Capture of Contalmaison Capture of La Boisselle Capture of Longueval Capture of Trônes...

opening stages of the Battle of the Somme. During the battle, on 4 July 1916, his battalion was attacking the village of La Boisselle. A neighbouring...

underground works. On 18 December, the French captured the La Boisselle village cemetery at the west end of a German salient and established an advanced...

weeks of the Battle of the Somme. The village of Ovillers-la-Boisselle (commonly shortened to Ovillers) forms part of the small commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle...

Attacking on the right of III Corps, its objectives (recognised as being ambitious) were the Capture of La Boisselle and an advance of 3,500 yards (3,200 m)...

Adrian Carton de Wiart – engaged in the Battle of the Somme, specifically in the capture of La Boisselle. James was "severely injured in the thigh" in...

the rest of 143 Brigade, which had attacked with 4th Division. During the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, the battalion captured Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the...

its objectives (recognised as being ambitious) were the Capture of La Boisselle and an advance of 3,500 yards (3,200 m) almost to Contalmaison, crossing...

saps in front of Thiepval were the work of 179th Tunnelling Company, which also prepared such saps further south at Ovillers and La Boisselle. In the X Corps...

south of La Boisselle, where the 34th Division suffered the most casualties of any Allied division on 1 July. Further north, X Corps captured part of the...

area. La Boisselle near the road was captured on 4 July, Bernafay and Caterpillar woods were occupied from 3 to 4 July and then fighting to capture Trônes...

the Battle of the Somme that year. On the first day on the Somme, the 34th Division attacked astride the Albert-Bapaume road at La Boisselle. The brigade's...

with short unit histories 'Born Fighters: Who were the Tunnellers?' Conference paper by Simon Jones. La Boisselle Study Group and La Boisselle Project...

further north at La Boisselle. During 1915, the area around Mametz became a comparative backwater. The Germans began systematic fortification of the area, according...

consequences of infantry having to advance across cratered ground after a mining attack, officers from the Canadian Corps visited La Boisselle and Fricourt...

flank of III Corps, the 34th Division, was to capture the German positions from the Fricourt Spur and Sausage Valley to the far side of La Boisselle, then...

needed for his large projector. On 25 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle during the Battle of the Somme, Z Company used eighty projectors when the Australians...

Ovillers-la-Boisselle. List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Argonne List of World War...

Mametz Wood to La Boisselle. Late on 2 July XV Corps ordered an attack by the 17th and 21st divisions to begin at 9:00 a.m. on 3 July, to capture Shelter and...

around Mametz Wood, Caterpillar and Sausage valleys, in the vicinity of La Boisselle. Eight tanks were allotted to III Corps; two nights before the attack...

of Flanders. Mining at La Boisselle was in chalk, much harder and requiring different techniques. The German advance had been halted at La Boisselle by...

the rest of 111th Bde took over the left sector of 34th Division's front east of La Boisselle and continued pushing forward. The Battle of Bazentin Ridge...

defence from Trônes Wood to La Boisselle had become chaotic, as the British and French exploited the success gained south of the Albert–Bapaume road on...