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Lihons (French pronunciation: [li.ɔ̃s]) is a
commune in the
Somme department in Hauts-de-France in
northern France.
Lihons is
situated 20
miles (32 km)...
- The
Hundred Days
Offensive (8
August to 11
November 1918) was a
series of m****ive
Allied offensives that
ended the
First World War.
Beginning with the...
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three days later, at the age of 26,
while leading another attack around Lihons. Born in
Springfield near Ringarooma, Tasmania, he was the
seventh son of...
- then as Pinkeni,
Pinkinei and
Pecquigny .
After the
defeat of the Huns at
Lihons-en-Santerre, the
inhabitants of Amiens, who had
helped the barbarians, took...
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Division continued the
attack for the next
three days,
driving towards Lihons, but
progress was slow as the
Australians moved beyond their supporting...
- arrondis****t of Péronne. The
altitude varies from 32m (Proyart) to 112m (
Lihons) for an
average of 87m. The
canton comprised 22 communes: Ablaincourt-Pressoir...
- Rosieres,
France and; set up a
machine gun enfilade,
during the
Battle of
Lihons (part of the
Hundred Days Offensive).
Following the war, Ivon
Murdoch was...
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Miraumont (7 km (4+1⁄2 mi) west of Bapaume). 2nd Army will take Miraumont–
Lihons (near Chaulnes) as
direction of advance. 18th Army, echeloned, will take...
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obtained the rich
priory of
Saint Pierre, to
which belonged the
Seigneurie de
Lihons-en-Santerre (Lyons), near Péronne; In 1785 Abbé
Maury was
elected to the...
- and four
machine guns.
Three days later, he was
killed by
sniper fire in
Lihons while leading his men.
Riley 2010, p. 117.
McWilliams &
Steel 2001, p. 271...
