The Capture of Combles (25 September 1916) was a tactical incident that took place during the Battle of Morval, part of the Battle of the Somme, during...
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56th (London) Infantry Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
Capture of Combles (26 September) Battle of the Transloy Ridges (1–9 October) 1917 German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line (14 March-5 April) Battle of...
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Combles (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃bl] ; Picard: Conme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Combles is situated...
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Reserve Army, due on 26 September. Combles, Morval, Lesboeufs and Gueudecourt were captured and a small number of tanks joined in the battle later in...
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south of Gueudecourt, beginning at 12:35 p.m. The second objective was along a line along the sunken road from Combles to Gueudecourt to the west of Morval...
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3rd Kent Artillery Volunteers (Royal Arsenal) (redirect from 2nd County of London Brigade Royal Field Artillery)
Battle of Ginchy, 9 September Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15–22 September Battle of Morval, 25–27 September Capture of Combles, 26 September Battle of the...
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Wood Capture of Ovillers Fighting for Mouquet Farm Capture of Martinpuich Capture of Combles Capture of Lesbœufs Capture of Gueudecourt Capture of Eaucourt...
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LRB and the neighbouring French to complete the Capture of Combles. The two companies took a number of wounded prisoners and pushed on about 1,500 yards...
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latter stages of the Somme offensive: Battle of Ginchy, in which the division attacked in the evening of 9 September but failed to capture Combles or The Quadrilateral...
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Battle of Ginchy, 9 September Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15–22 September Battle of Morval, 25–27 September Capture of Combles, 26 September Battle of the...
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divisions and then attacked westwards in the vicinity of Gueudecourt, towards Albert, through Sailly, Combles, Guillemont and Montauban, leaving a flank guard...
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Division front, between the Combles ravine and the boundary with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Combles–Guillemont road, the attack of 9 September was to be...
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2nd Infantry Division (France) (category Infantry divisions of France)
September, again engaged, towards Combles and Morval, leading to Combles and Frégicourt (former municipality reunited with Combles in 1834). 5–9 October Retreat...
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September Capture of Combles, 26 September Battle of the Transloy Ridges, 1–9 October 283 Brigade was broken up between the other RFA brigades of 56th Division...
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Tower Hamlets Engineers (category Engineer Volunteer Corps of the British Army)
September Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15–22 September Battle of Morval, 25–27 September Capture of Combles, 26 September Battle of the Transloy Ridges...
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divisions and then attacked westwards in the vicinity of Gueudecourt, towards Albert, through Sailly, Combles, Guillemont and Montauban, leaving a flank guard...
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rank of Leutnant. He rejoined his regiment on the Arras sector. In 1916, with the Battle of the Somme underway, Jünger's regiment moved to Combles in August...
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Martinpuich, south of the Bapaume–Albert road. Bouchavesnes, Combles and Gueudecourt were lost and rearguards withdrew from Combles to the Gallwitz Riegel...
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quickly occupied high ground south of Combles and entered Bois Douage. On 4 September, German counter-attacks at the Combles ravine stopped the French advance...
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Combles, Guillemont and Montauban. The village was captured on 28 September, against dug in French infantry and artillery of the northern corps of the...
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occupied high ground south of Combles and entered Bois Douage in one hour. On 4 September, the Germans counter-attacked at the Combles ravine, stopping the...
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archaeologists (2nd edn.), London. Agache, R. 1963. Détection des fossés comblés sur terrains sans végétation grâce à l'humidité rémanente des remblais...
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First day on the Somme (redirect from First Day of the Somme)
One regiment was to advance past the north end of Combles to Guillemont and re-capture the north end of Montauban, a regiment in the centre was to retake...
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Gloucestershire Regiment on the Somme (category Regiments of the British Army in World War I)
further south around the village of Combles. On 25 September, 56th Division attacked from Bouleaux Wood towards Combles. On their left, 1st Battalion East...
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Ovillers-la-Boisselle (category Communes of Somme (department))
Lochnagar Crater, August 2006 Communes of the Somme department Sausage Valley Capture of Ovillers Capture of La Boisselle L'îlot de La Boisselle "Répertoire...
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Hôtel de Besenval (redirect from Embassy of Switzerland, Paris)
appearance after the design of the architect P. Chabrier. The house was enlarged with another floor and an attic with a comble à la Mansart. This construction...
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Roye west of Chaulnes and the plateau north of the Somme, between Combles and Albert. On 1 October, the Germans attacked at Roye in the centre of the Second...
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(1391–1429) │ │ │ X Jeanne de Montagu │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Charles, seigneur de Combles │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1394–) │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie, dame de Preaux (1387–1442)...
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Gibson of 17th RF carrying a wounded man on his shoulders, until about 15.00 they reached the Bapaume–Péronne road. However, the enemy were in Combles and...
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French Army in World War I (category Military units and formations of France in World War I)
around the towns of Combles and Bouchavesnes. By 20 September, French forces had entered into the worst phase of fighting. The Battle of the Somme, fought...
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