The Dury, Compiègne and Abbeville meetings were held by the Allies during World War I to address Operation Michael, a massive German assault on the Western...
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British generals were meeting at Abbeville (75 miles away), and the two sides could not connect. The Allies decided to meet at Dury town hall on the morning...
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Reims, Compiègne and Paris-Nord. Saint-Roch (Somme) station in the western part of the city is served by local trains towards Rouen and Abbeville. A regular...
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Role of Douglas Haig in 1918 (section 22 and 23 March)
covering Paris (Haig's manuscript and typed diary differ on the degree to which he informed Haig of this at the Dury meeting). Haig's typed diary – probably...
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