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    Vis-en-Artois (French pronunciation: [vis ɑ̃.n‿aʁtwa], literally Vis in Artois) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region...
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    The Vis-en-Artois Memorial is a World War I memorial located near the commune of Vis-en-Artois, in the Pas-de-Calais département of France. The memorial...
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    Commission. "Vis-En-Artois Memorial". CWGC. Retrieved 1 November 2008. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery. Vis-en-Artois British...
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    Vitry-en-Artois (French: [vitʁi ɑ̃n‿aʁtwɑ]; literally "Vitry in Artois"; Picard: Vitry-in-Artoé or Vitry-la-Gueule) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais...
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    Allan Leonard Lewis (category Burials at Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt)
    machine-gun fire. Lance-Corporal Lewis is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois memorial near Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt as he has no known grave. The...
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  • Cyril Biddulph (category Burials at Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt)
    communes of Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt. The next day Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt were taken by the Canadians. Biddulph was buried in the Vis-en-Artois British...
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    Pas-en-Artois (French pronunciation: [pa ɑ̃.n‿aʁtwa], literally Pas in Artois; Picard: Pos-in-Artoé) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the...
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  • three British divisions involved at Bullecourt. The Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and the Vis-en-Artois Memorial are located on the main road between Arras...
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    2nd, 1918. On Sept. 1st, when his battalion was in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois, preparatory to the advance, the enemy laid down a heavy barrage and...
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    missing British soldiers killed in the battle are commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial. Bean lists the following German divisions facing the attack:...
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    from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013. "Vis-en-Artois Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Archived from the original...
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    The municipal charter of Calais, previously granted by the Countess of Artois, was reconfirmed by Edward that year (1347). In 1360 the Treaty of Brétigny...
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    Kompanie Resting Company II.5 Verlassene Stellung bei Vis-en-Artois Abandoned Position near Vis-en-Artois II.6 Leiche im Drahtverhau – Flandern Corpse in Barbed...
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    former provinces of Calaisis, formerly English, Boulonnais, Ponthieu and Artois, this last formerly part of the Spanish Netherlands. Some of the costliest...
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    Aubigny-en-Artois (French pronunciation: [obiɲi ɑ̃n‿aʁtwɑ]; literally "Aubigny in Artois") is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France...
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    Pernes (French pronunciation: [pɛʁn]; or Pernes-en-Artois) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France between...
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  • 2nd, 1918. On Sept. 1st, when his battalion was in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois, preparatory to the advance, the enemy laid down a heavy barrage and...
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  • Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt Rœux Sailly-en-Ostrevent Saudemont Tortequesne Villers-lès-Cagnicourt Vis-en-Artois Vitry-en-Artois Cantons of Pas-de-Calais Communes...
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    McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial Pozières Memorial Quéant Road Cemetery Soissons Memorial Thiepval Memorial Ulster Tower Vis-en-Artois Memorial...
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    awarded the Victoria Cross, died 21 September 1918, commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France Richard Hakluyt, Elizabethan writer and geographer...
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    villages, Centre de Recherche Généalogique Flandre-Artois INSEE commune file Ardres 2010, p. 30. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE Farebrother & Farebrother...
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    McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial Pozières Memorial Quéant Road Cemetery Soissons Memorial Thiepval Memorial Ulster Tower Vis-en-Artois Memorial...
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    British trench railway equipment was put to civilian use rebuilding Vis-en-Artois between Arras and Cambrai. Twenty Hudswell-Clarke and Barclay 0-6-0T...
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    given as a dowry in 1179 to King Philip II Augustus of France. In 1327, Artois was created a county by Louis IX. His brother Robert became the first Count...
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    attempted to dislodge the Germans from the region during the Second Battle of Artois in May 1915 by attacking their positions at Vimy Ridge and Notre Dame de...
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    poèmes de guerre [War songs and poems]. Paris: Bloud et Gay. "Guerre 14 18 en Alsace – Le symbole du bleuet" [14-18 war in Alsace – the bleuet symbol]....
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    Gouy-en-Artois (French: [ɡwi ɑ̃n‿aʁtwɑ]; Picard: Gouy-in-Artoé; literally "Gouy in Artois") is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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    Rfn. Albert Brooks 10th (Paddington) Bn., London Regt. 9 Aug. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial Rfn. Herbert J. Daniels 11th (Finsbury) Bn., London Regt. 24...
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    Lens, Pas-de-Calais (category Artois)
    year. Lens is the site of one of the five campuses of the University of Artois. The Lens railway station, built in 1927, is served by regional trains towards...
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    2013. Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-554-5. "Boulogne", A Handbook...
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