- 1st
Division captured the last
three villages (Hermies,
Boursies and
Demicourt) used by the
Germans as
outposts of the
Hindenburg Line,
thereby bringing...
- in
command of a
company detailed to
capture the
canal crossing on the
Demicourt-Graincourt road. On
reaching the canal, the
leading platoon came under...
-
planned the
capture of the
fortified villages of Boursies,
Hermies and
Demicourt during the
German retreat to the
Hindenburg Line
which preceded the Battle...
- took part in the 1st Battalion's
attack on the
German held
village of
Demicourt.
During the engagement,
Howell led a
rifle bombing section at the forefront...
- to Quéant to
occupy Noreuil, Lagnicourt, Morchies, Boursies, Doignies,
Demicourt and
Hermies until nightfall, to
inflict casualties,
destroy British artillery...
-
April 1917,
there remained three German-held
outpost villages—Boursies,
Demicourt and Hermies—between the area to the
south of the I
Anzac Corps position...
- Fontaine-Notre-Dame, Nord
Bourlon Bantigny Épinoy
Bullecourt Beugnies Demicourt Lagnicourt-Marcel In 1896 the
Sucrerie centrale de
Cambrai was the biggest...
- and the
Hindenburg Line. An
attack to
capture the
villages of Boursies,
Demicourt and
Hermies by the 1st
Australian Division was
formulated to commence...
-
cavalry and
tanks moved off, but by 14.20 they had
reached the Hermies–
Demicourt ridge,
overlooking the
valley beyond which lay the
Hindenburg Line and...
- to the left (south) was to
attack Morchies and Boursies.
Doignies and
Demicourt were the
objectives of the 38th
Division and
Hermies on the
southern flank...
