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    Chipilly (Picard: Chipillin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Chipilly is situated on the D71 road, on the...
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    held up short of the Chipilly spur, "a bare seventy-five-foot-high ridge" in an oxbow bend of the Somme near the village of Chipilly. The French forces...
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    an oxbow bend of the Somme River near Chipilly, which was still in German hands. The German soldiers on Chipilly Ridge commanded a wide field of fire to...
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  • enfiladed from Chipilly village. Under heavy fire and taking serious casualties, the battalion dug in under the shelter of the Chipilly gully. At nightfall...
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  • was enfiladed from Chipilly village. Under heavy fire and taking serious casualties, the 2/4th dug in under the shelter of the Chipilly gully. Before nightfall...
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  • enfiladed from Chipilly village. Under heavy fire and taking serious casualties, the battalions dug in under the shelter of the Chipilly gully. At nightfall...
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  • Malard Wood, after which 173rd Bde would pass through to take the vital Chipilly Ridge overlooking a bend in the River Somme and flanking the battlefield...
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    the August offensive. With the British III Corps attack stalling on the Chipilly Spur feature the 131st Regiment of the 33rd Division was sent to assist...
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    Villers-Bretonneux carrying explosives. A shell from a German battery near Chipilly ignited a camouflage net on one of the carriers, thick smoke rose and German...
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    men from every unit of the U.S. 33rd Division which took part in the fighting at Hamel on July 4 and Chipilly on August 8. Molliens, August 12, 1918....
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    significant action until February 1917, when it relocated from Furnes to Chipilly. No. 8 Naval Squadron received its Triplanes in February 1917. Nos. 9 and...
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  • the junior and senior classes. The "game" took place on May 4, 2003, in Chipilly Woods, part of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. Although the annual...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    offensive for emergencies only. With the British III Corps attack stalling at Chipilly Ridge during the Battle of Amiens, the 131st Regiment of the 33rd Division...
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  • countless restoration projects including at Beaubien Woods, Blue Star Woods, Chipilly Woods, Crooked Creek, Kickapoo Woods, McClaughrey Springs Woods, Skokie...
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    attacked and captured a machine gun position Jake Allex Army E-04Corporal Chipilly Ridge, France Aug 9, 1918 Took command of his platoon after all officers...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    Sutker Grove  · Camp Adahi  · Camp Glenview  · Chick Evans Golf Course  · Chipilly Woods  · Edgebrook Golf Course  · Edgebrook Woods  · Erickson Woods  ·...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    To Base 6 Dec 1916 15 Feb 1917 Furnes, Belgium 15 Feb 1917 11 Apr 1917 Chipilly, France 11 Apr 1917 1 Jun 1917 La Belle-vue, France 1 Jun 1917 2 Nov 1917...
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    Wyeth would later describe the mission in detail in his six interlinked "Chipilly Ridge sonnets." On the afternoon of September 14, 1918, while the men of...
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    of 53m. The canton comprised 19 communes: Bray-sur-Somme Cappy Cerisy Chipilly Chuignolles Éclusier-Vaux Étinehem Frise Herbécourt Méricourt-l'Abbé Méricourt-sur-Somme...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    action Date of action Notes/Reference Jake Allex Serbia Corporal Army Chipilly, France August 9, 1918 Born as Aleksa Mandušić Johannes S. Anderson Finland...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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    Chaulnes La Chaussée-Tirancourt Chaussoy-Epagny La Chavatte Chépy Chilly Chipilly Chirmont Chuignes Chuignolles Citerne Cizancourt Clairy-Saulchoix Cléry-sur-Somme...
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