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Fricourt (French pronunciation: [fʁikuʁ]) is a
commune in the
Somme department in Hauts-de-France in
northern France.
Fricourt is
situated on the D147...
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Fricourt is a
village that was
fought over in July 1916,
during the
Battle of the Somme,
which took
place in
France during the
First World War. Fricourt...
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Fricourt German war
cemetery is near the
village of
Fricourt, near Albert, in the
French département of the Somme. Most of the
fallen were
members of the...
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reached all its objectives, XV
Corps captured Mametz and
isolated Fricourt. The III
Corps attack on both
sides of the Albert–Bapaume road was a disaster...
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Redoubt and near La
Boisselle (Lochnagar, Y Sap, and
Glory Hole charges),
Fricourt (Triple
Tambour mines),
Bulgar Point and
Kasino Point. The
smaller charges...
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early 1920s, the
French authorities created a
military cemetery at
Fricourt, in
which a
large number of
German war dead,
including Richthofen, were...
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about 20 mi (32 km) north-east of
Amiens and 4 mi (6.4 km) east of Albert.
Fricourt lies to the west,
Contalmaison is to the north,
Montauban to the north-east...
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established headquarters at Bray,
taking over some 66
shafts at Carnoy,
Fricourt,
Maricourt and La Boisselle. No man's land just south-west of La Boisselle...
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party to
repair wire
emplacements in no man's land at the Citadel, near
Fricourt in
France when he was shot in the throat. He then
walked to a
first aid...
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substantial retreat began; on the
north bank the
abandonment of
Fricourt was ordered. The
defenders on the
commanding ground north of the road inflicted...
