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Ovillers-la-Boisselle is a
commune in the
Somme department in Hauts-de-France in
northern France. The
commune of
Ovillers-la-Boisselle is
situated 22...
- the Somme. The
village of
Ovillers-la-Boisselle (commonly
shortened to
Ovillers)
forms part of the
small commune of
Ovillers-la-Boisselle,
about 22 mi...
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preventive attack (a
suggestion latter reduced, in June, to an
operation from
Ovillers to St
Pierre Divion) but was only ****igned one more
artillery regiment...
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German lines north of
Fricourt but that the
villages of La
Boisselle and
Ovillers had not fallen. On 3 July, air
observers noted flares lit in the village...
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former Roman road. The
constituent village of
Ovillers-la-Boisselle (commonly
shortened to "
Ovillers") lies to the
north of the road. The constituent...
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support of a 12th
Division attack on
Ovillers, got
forward about 1,000 yd (910 m) and
reached the
north end of
Ovillers. On 9 July, two
brigades of the 23rd...
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surprised Germans as soon as it lifted, and were able to
secure the
Ovillers–Pozières
light railway and
adjacent trenches. Afterwards, Pozières and...
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northern France. To the north-east of La
Boisselle lies
Ovillers; by 1916, the
village was
called Ovillers by the
British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to avoid...
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British trench near the Albert-Bapaume road at
Ovillers-la-Boisselle, July 1916
during the
Battle of the Somme. The men are from A Company, 11th Battalion...
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British Vickers machine gun crew
wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets. Near
Ovillers during the
Battle of the Somme, July 1916. The
gunner is
wearing a padded...
