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    The First Battle of Picardy (22–26 September 1914) took place during the Race to the Sea (17 September – 19 October) and the First Battle of the Aisne...
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    the British Battles Nomenclature Committee as The First Battles of the Somme, 1918, whilst the French call it the Second Battle of Picardy (2ème Bataille...
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    Picardy (/ˈpɪkərdi/, Picard and French: Picardie, French: [pikaʁdi] , Picard: [pika(ː)rdi]) is a historical territory and a former administrative region...
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    north of the Aisne led Falkenhayn to order the 6th Army to repulse the French and secure the flank. The French advance at the First Battle of Picardy (22–26...
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    The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (French: 3ème Bataille de Picardie), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which...
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    attempts to exploit conditions created during the First Battle of the Aisne. At the First Battle of Picardy (22–26 September) each side had attacked expecting...
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    foothold on the plateau of Cuffies, just north of the city. The First Battle of Picardy from (22 to 26 September 1914), was the first of the reciprocal outflanking...
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    Joseph Maurice Pambet (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
    river crossing during the First Battle of Picardy, however, Pambet was relieved of his command by General Foch for his "lack of impetus". Pambet was placed...
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    Picardy before the British offensive in Flanders. A week later the Germans began the Battle of Verdun against the French army. The costly defence of Verdun...
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  • number of battles known as the Battle of Saint Quentin, most of which were fought in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, Aisne in Picardy, France. Battle of St...
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  • 2005, p. 1052. Tucker 2005, p. 299. Duffy, Michael (2009-08-22). "The Battle of Bolimov, 1915". Firstworldwar.com. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03...
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    The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King Philip VI and an English army led by King...
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    8th Infantry Division (France) (category Infantry divisions of France)
    Ardennes, the First Battle of the Marne (including the Battle of the Ourcq), the First Battle of the Aisne and the First Battle of Picardy. In 1915 it participated...
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    "Roses of Picardy" is a popular British song with lyrics by Frederick Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. Published in London in 1916 by Chappell & Co,...
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    Battle Hastings Eastbourne Rye Newhaven Lewes Crowborough Hailsham Bexhill-on-Sea Heathfield Uckfield Seaford Peacehaven The Battle of Hastings was fought...
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    Army of Alsace was disbanded, the VII Corps was transferred to the Somme area in Picardy and the 8th Cavalry Division was attached to the First Army,...
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  • 23rd Dragoon Regiment (France) (category Dragoon regiments of France)
    Battle of Wagram Battle of Borodino Battle of Dresden Battle of Leipzig Battle of Vauchamps First Battle of Picardy Second Battle of the Marne It bears, sewed...
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    Passchendaele (/ˈpæʃəndeɪl/), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire. The battle took place on the Western Front, from...
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    11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Western...
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    Sweating sickness (category Ailments of unknown cause)
    reason to doubt the identity of sudor anglicus and Picardy sweat." There were also notable differences between the Picardy sweat and the English sweating...
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    of French society in Artois, Ponthieu, Normandy, Picardy." Estimates of the number of prisoners vary between 700 and 2,200, amongst them the dukes of...
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    the first southern banks for African-Americans (b. 1847) First Battle of Picardy – German forces marched from Rheims, France, and engaged French forces...
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    The Battle of Bouvines was fought on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders. It was the concluding battle of the Anglo-French...
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    protector". Following the Peace of Monsieur, he was restored to his governorship of Picardy. During the sixth war of religion, he commanded the forces...
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    The Battle of the Spurs or (Second) Battle of Guinegate took place on 16 August 1513. It formed a part of the War of the League of Cambrai of 1508 to...
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    outflanking moves and then to counter-outflank the opponent. At the battles of Picardy and Albert in late September, the French Second and German 6th armies...
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    The Battle of Cantigny, fought May 28, 1918, was the first major American battle and offensive of World War I. The U.S. 1st Division, the most experienced...
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    was ordered to flank the Hanoverian position with four brigades of troops from Picardy, la Marine, Navarre, and Eu. At 9 AM, this force advanced toward...
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    division moved into the Picardy Sector to bolster the exhausted French First Army. To the division's front lay the small village of Cantigny, situated on...
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    sending them back to the siege at Nesle in Picardy. Bedford depriving his army of so many men just prior to battle has been a confusing decision for historians...
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