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    Heuvelland (redirect from Wijtschate)
    villages of Dranouter, Kemmel, De Klijte, Loker, Nieuwkerke, Westouter, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Heuvelland is a thinly populated rural municipality, located...
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    Headquarters reserve. The 4th Army divisions of Group Wytschaete (Gruppe Wijtschate, the IX Reserve Corps headquarters) held the ridge and were later reinforced...
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    the Ypres Salient, British mining against the German-held salient at Wijtschate (Wytchaete or Whitesheet to the British) near Messines had begun in early...
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    Heuvelland and Comines-Warneton. Villages neighbouring the municipality: a. Wijtschate (in the municipality of Heuvelland) b. Warneton (in the municipality of...
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    by a line of low hills running south-west to north-east. Wytschaete (Wijtschate) and Hill 60 are to the east of Verbrandenmolen, Hooge, Polygon Wood and...
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    highest points of the Messines Ridge, in between the villages of Kemmel, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Spanbroekmolen was named after a windmill that stood on...
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  • the east by low hills running south-west to north-east with Wytschaete (Wijtschate), Hill 60 to the east of Verbrandenmolen, Hooge, Polygon Wood and Passchendaele...
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  • tunneling deep below the Messines Ridge (helling van Mesen - heuvelrug Wijtschate-Mesen) for months, planting a million pounds of ammonium nitrate in 21...
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    Barbados Jewel Garner 24 Christ Church Belgium Annelien Coorevits 21 Wijtschate Belize Maria Jeffery 25 Belize City Bolivia Jessica Jordan 23 Huacaraje...
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    east by low hills running south-west to north-east, with Wytschaete (Wijtschate) and Hill 60 to the south of Verbrandenmolen, Hooge, Polygon Wood and...
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    the north-east, declining in elevation past Ypres through Wytschaete (Wijtschate), Gheluvelt and Passchendaele (Passendale), curving north then north-west...
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    slight opposition, then reached a line from Dranoutre to Wytschaete (Wijtschate), linking with the 3rd Cavalry Division of IV Corps, which had been operating...
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    represented her country in Miss Universe 2007 but didn't place. She lives in Wijtschate. Annelien Coorevits was married to Anderlecht-soccer player Olivier Deschacht...
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  • which artillery observers had an excellent view of the ground around Wijtschate and Ypres. The location was called Bayernwald by German soldiers due to...
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    ridge lies to the north-east, declining in elevation past Ypres through Wijtschate (Wytschaete), Geluveld (Gheluvelt) and Passendale (Passchendaele), curving...
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    19:40 RAF SE.5a s/n C6468 Pfalz D.III Driven down out of control North of Wijtschate (Wytschaete) 42 1 June 1918 16:30 RAF SE.5a s/n C6468 Pfalz D.III Destroyed...
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    recognized as the Pool of Peace memorial. In a little square just outside Wijtschate church stands the 'Memorial to the British Miners of World War One' who...
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    The Battle of Wijtschate-Messines Ridge, June 1917. https://www.historyireland.com/brotherhood-among-irishmen-the-battle-of-wijtschate-messines-ridge-june-1917/...
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    Roots Festival, Kortemark Bomboclat Festival, Zeebrugge Humble Festival, Wijtschate Una Riversplash, Bihać Big Big Summer Reggae Party Seasplash, Pula Reggae...
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    Divisions fought alongside each other to capture the Belgium village of Wijtschate in a well planned attack in June 1917 at the Battle of Messines. It saw...
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    50°46′43″N 02°52′01″E / 50.77861°N 2.86694°E / 50.77861; 2.86694 near  Wijtschate, Heuvelland, Belgium Designed by J R Truelove Total burials 58 Burials...
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    Soldier III.7 Abend in der Wijtschaete-Ebene – November 1917 Evening on the Wijtschate Plain – November 1917 III.8 Gesehen am Steilhang von Cléry-sur-Somme Seen...
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  • started working with his brother Henri, mainly on the reconstruction of Wijtschate, from 1921 to 1926, a town near Ypres destroyed during the First World...
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    since. According to Albrecht von Thaer, the chief of staff of Gruppe Wijtschate, units which survived physically no longer had the mental ability to continue...
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    50°46′29″N 02°51′42″E / 50.77472°N 2.86167°E / 50.77472; 2.86167 near  Wijtschate, Heuvelland, Belgium Designed by JR Truelove Total burials 88 Unknowns...
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    fought in the Battle of Passchendaele. Taking over from the XIX Corps at Wijtschate in November 1917, the XIV Corps formed a new Group Wytschaete, which it...
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  • in Filipino have subtitles. Jos and Ria Welvaert are potato farmers in Wijtschate. Their nephew Geoffrey proposes them an investment to earn money quickly...
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    more British attacks. Albrecht von Thaer, the Chief of Staff of Gruppe Wijtschate (the XII Saxon Corps headquarters) made a diary entry on 28 September...
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    attack on the Messines Ridge towards the small village of Wytschaete (now Wijtschate) next to Messines. On going over the top Redmond, leading his men, was...
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    other four having suffered c. 10,000 casualties. On 4 August, a Gruppe Wijtschate assessment concluded that the British needed to force back the 52nd Division...
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