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Chipilly (Picard: Chipillin) is a
commune in the
Somme department in Hauts-de-France in
northern France.
Chipilly is
situated on the D71 road, on the...
- held up
short of the
Chipilly spur, "a bare seventy-five-foot-high ridge" in an
oxbow bend of the
Somme near the
village of
Chipilly. The
French forces...
- an
oxbow bend of the
Somme River near
Chipilly,
which was
still in
German hands. The
German soldiers on
Chipilly Ridge commanded a wide
field of fire to...
- was
enfiladed from
Chipilly village.
Under heavy fire and
taking serious casualties, the 2/4th dug in
under the
shelter of the
Chipilly gully.
Before nightfall...
-
enfiladed from
Chipilly village.
Under heavy fire and
taking serious casualties, the
battalion dug in
under the
shelter of the
Chipilly gully. At nightfall...
- the
August offensive. With the
British III
Corps attack stalling on the
Chipilly Spur
feature the 131st
Regiment of the 33rd
Division was sent to ****ist...
-
enfiladed from
Chipilly village.
Under heavy fire and
taking serious casualties, the
battalions dug in
under the
shelter of the
Chipilly gully. At nightfall...
- Villers-Bretonneux
carrying explosives. A s**** from a
German battery near
Chipilly ignited a
camouflage net on one of the carriers,
thick smoke rose and German...
-
Malard Wood,
after which 173rd Bde
would p****
through to take the
vital Chipilly Ridge overlooking a bend in the
River Somme and
flanking the battlefield...
- men from
every unit of the U.S. 33rd
Division which took part in the
fighting at
Hamel on July 4 and
Chipilly on
August 8. Molliens,
August 12, 1918....
