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Gommecourt is the name of two
communes in France:
Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais
Gommecourt,
Yvelines This
disambiguation page
lists articles about distinct...
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Gommecourt (French pronunciation: [ɡɔmkuʁ]) is a
commune in the Pas-de-Calais
department in the Hauts-de-France
region of France. A
small farming village...
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casualties were
suffered on the
front between the Albert–Bapaume road and
Gommecourt to the north,
which was the area
where the prin****l
German defensive...
- of the Somme,
northwards across the
Somme and the
Ancre to
Serre and
Gommecourt, 2 mi (3.2 km) beyond, in the
Third Army area. The
objective of the attack...
- The
Attack on the
Gommecourt Salient was a
British operation against the
northern flank of the
German 2nd Army. The
attack took
place on 1 July 1916, on...
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Gommecourt (French pronunciation: [ɡɔmkuʁ]) is a
commune in the
Yvelines department in the Île-de-France
region in north-central France.
Communes of the...
- Staffordshire. It saw
action in
World War I at the
Hohenzollern Redoubt,
Gommecourt, Ypres, Cambrai, the
German spring offensive and the
Hundred Days Offensive...
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great deal of
action on the
Western Front,
notably in the
Attack on the
Gommecourt Salient in 1916, at
Bullecourt in 1917 and at Oppy Wood and
Chipilly Ridge...
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casualty rates of the 46th
Division at the
Hohenzollern Redoubt and
again at
Gommecourt,
would result in Stuart-Wortley
being made a
scapegoat for failure. Woods...
- Brigade. 56th Division's
first major operation was the
attack on the
Gommecourt Salient on 1 July 1916. This was a
diversionary attack to
support the...
