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    The First Battle of Morlancourt was fought over the period 28–30 March 1918, on the Western Front during World War I. The battle saw troops from the Australian...
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  • Battle of Morlancourt may refer to: First Battle of Morlancourt: an action of World War I fought over the period 28–30 March 1918 Second Battle of Morlancourt:...
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    Third Battle of Morlancourt was fought on 10 June 1918, on the Western Front during World War I. The battle took place during the final stages of the German...
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    The Second Battle of Morlancourt was fought over the period 4–14 May 1918, on the Western Front during World War I. The battle took place during the final...
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  • during the Second Battle of Dernancourt. Elsewhere, the Australian 3rd Division fought a sharp action during the First Battle of Morlancourt over the period...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    Albert, Somme (category Communes of Somme (department))
    Bretonneux, the Battalion arrived at Morlancourt at 2.30pm. Here they were intercepted by the Maquis who informed them of a strong enemy force in nearby Albert...
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    3rd Division (Australia) (category Divisions of Australia in World War I)
    advance began to reach the Australians. On 30 March, during the First Battle of Morlancourt, a serious attempt at penetrating the line around Sailly-Laurette...
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  • Fourth Army School, to Morlancourt and a raid, then to and through the Somme. The narrator, George Sherston, is wounded when a piece of shrapnel shell passes...
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    field near Morlancourt, described it as "a wonderful and most realistic production" but criticised the film for failing to record the sound of rifles and...
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    this technique around Morlancourt during the First, Second, and Third Battles of Morlancourt, the commander of the British Fourth Army, Lieutenant General...
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    Cedric Popkin (category Australian military personnel of World War I)
    another Canadian pilot, Captain Roy Brown. The three planes flew over Morlancourt Ridge, in the 4th Division's sector, and Popkin – using a Vickers machine...
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  • 7th Brigade (Australia) (category Brigades of Australia)
    brigade took part in the Third Battle of Morlancourt, attacking the village of Sailly-Laurette, to the south of Morlancourt. As a result, 325 Germans were...
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    effective blockade of the British Isles and France with U-boats and raiders. The largest naval battle of the First World War was the Battle of Jutland which...
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    Brigade of the West Kents, going the same way, was the subject of a 1935 poem by F. L. Lucas, 'Morituri - August 1915, on the road from Morlancourt', which...
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  • fought to defend the vital railhead of Amiens. In the lull that followed, minor actions were fought around Morlancourt and Hamel, before the Allies launched...
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    Lawrence Weathers (category Australian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    up defensive positions between the Ancre and the Somme rivers west of Morlancourt. In late May he required medical treatment following a gas attack near...
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  • 2nd Division (Australia) (category Infantry divisions of Australia)
    frontage between Morlancourt and Sailly-Laurette during the Third Battle of Morlancourt, and succeeded in advancing an average depth of 700 yards (640 m)...
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    half-believed some of these stories himself. Richthofen received a fatal wound just after 11:00 am on 21 April 1918 while flying over Morlancourt Ridge near the...
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    were involved in actions at Dernancourt, Morlancourt, Villers-Bretonneux, Hangard Wood, Hazebrouck, and Hamel. Of these actions, the last one, at Hamel on...
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    initiative, during which the 28th was involved in a minor action around Morlancourt. On 8 August, the Allies launched their Hundred Days Offensive during...
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    defensive operations in front of the vital railhead of Amiens, including repelling a German attack around Morlancourt. After the German offensive was...
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    fought during the Battle of the Somme, where they helped hold back the German offensive at Morlancourt. During a three-day battle, the battalion took...
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  • around Morlancourt, where it fought a brief action on 28–30 March, with its 10th Brigade to the right of the 35th Division. The First Battle of Dernancourt...
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  • buses, with 104th Bde in Aveluy Wood, Morlancourt and 'Happy Valley'. 35th Division was in reserve for the Battle of Bazentin Ridge on 15 July, but although...
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    Beaumont-Hamel (category Battle of the Somme)
    During the First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was close to the front line, near many attacks, especially during the Battle of the Somme, one of the largest...
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    9th Brigade (Australia) (category Brigades of Australia)
    at the First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. This was followed by the Second Battle of Morlancourt. The brigade took part in the final offensive of the war...
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  • disbandment of three battalions – the 36th, 47th and 52nd – in order to reinforce others. A peaceful penetration action was fought around Morlancourt by the...
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    Australian Army during World War I (category Military history of Australia during World War I)
    had pushed to within 50 miles (80 km) of Paris. During this time the Australians fought at Dernancourt, Morlancourt, Villers-Bretonneux, Hangard Wood, Hazebrouck...
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  • King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia (category Militia of the United Kingdom)
    stores to cross first. One attack had been driven off when the retirement began at 14.00; 105th Bde passed through the rearguard at Morlancourt at 16.00 and...
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