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Achiet may
refer to two
communes in the Pas-de-Calais
department in
northern France:
Achiet-le-Grand
Achiet-le-Petit This
disambiguation page
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Achiet-le-Petit (French pronunciation: [aʃjɛ lə pəti]) is a
commune in the Pas-de-Calais
department in
northern France. A
farming village located 13 miles...
- The
Achiet to
Marcoing Railway was a
secondary line of
standard gauge railway in Hauts-de-France. The
first section opened in 1871. The last
section of...
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Achiet-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [aʃjɛ lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a
commune in the Pas-de-Calais
department in
northern France. A
farming village located 12 miles...
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which his
actions would earn him the
Victoria Cross. On 13
March 1917 at
Achiet-le-Grand, France,
during an
attack by the battalion, the
front wave was...
- Candas–Acheux line, two
light railways and the Albert–Bapaume, Hamel–
Achiet le Petit–
Achiet le
Grand and Serre–Puisieux–Bucquoy–Ablainzevelle roads, most of...
- unharmed. From 1877 to 1969
Marcoing had a
railway connection to
Achiet-le-Grand via the
Achiet–Marcoing railway. Later, a line to
Cambrai opened. Communes...
- with
Achiet-le-Grand in
France in
November 2009, in
honour of
Christopher Cox from the
village who won a
Victoria Cross in
fighting near
Achiet-le-Grand...
- he was
awarded the VC. On the
foggy morning of 22
August 1918,
south of
Achiet-le-Petit, France, Lance-Corporal
Onions had been sent out with
Private Henry...
- 12/13 March.
Patrols found Riegel I
Stellung empty between Bapaume and
Achiet le
Petit and
strongly held on
either flank. A
British attack on Bucquoy...
