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    Grandcourt (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Grandcourt is situated on the...
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  • Grandcourt is the name of the following communes in France: Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime department Grandcourt, Somme, in the Somme...
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    The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First...
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    Battle of the Ancre (category Battle of the Somme)
    Division would then attack Grandcourt and Baillescourt Farm. The 4th Canadian and 18th divisions would then advance and take Grandcourt Trench to link with the...
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    Somme (French pronunciation: [sɔm] ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It...
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    The first day on the Somme (1 July 1916) was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July) the name given by the British to the first two weeks of...
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    Y (French pronunciation: [i] ee) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Y bears the shortest place name in France...
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  • Their task was to cross the ridge and take the German second line near Grandcourt. In their path lay not only the German front line, but just beyond it...
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    Leipzig Salient (category Battle of the Somme)
    was the British term for a German defensive position built in 1915 on the Somme in France, during the First World War, opposite the village of Authuille...
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    Ham (French pronunciation: [am]; Picard: Hin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France, northern France. Ham is situated on the D930 and...
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