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    World War remembrance circuit. Combles is situated on the D20 road, some 50 km (31 mi) north-east of Amiens. Combles was the operations centre for the...
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    2°51′58″E / 50.01000°N 2.86611°E / 50.01000; 2.86611 The Canton of Combles is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie...
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    The Combles Communal Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Extension (also known as the Combles Communal Cemetery Extension) is a military cemetery...
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    took high ground south of Combles and established a foothold in Bois Douage. On 4 September, German counter-attacks on the Combles ravine, south-west of the...
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    line and numerous fortified villages and farms north from Maurepas at Combles, Guillemont, Falfemont Farm, Delville Wood and High Wood, which were mutually...
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    the Bapaume–Albert road. Bouchavesnes, Combles and Gueudecourt were lost and rearguards withdrew from Combles to the Gallwitz Riegel (Gird Trench), although...
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  • The communauté de communes du canton de Combles is a former communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Picardie region of France. It was...
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    London) Division front, between the Combles ravine and the boundary with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Combles–Guillemont road, the attack of 9 September...
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    Combles-en-Barrois (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃bl ɑ̃ baʁwa], literally Combles in Barrois) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern...
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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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