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Battle of Hébuterne, the Glossary

The Battle of Hébuterne, (La Bataille de Toutvent, La 2e Bataille d'Hébuterne, La bataille de Serre-Hébuterne) took place from 7 to 13 June 1915 on the Western Front in Picardy, during the First World War.^[1]

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1915 in France
History of the Pas-de-Calais

Albert, Somme

Albert is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Amiens

Amiens (English: or;; Anmien, Anmiens or Anmyin) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille.

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Ancre

The Ancre is a river of Picardy, France.

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Auchonvillers

Auchonvillers (Chonvilé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Battle of Neuve Chapelle

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in the Artois region of France. Battle of Hébuterne and Battle of Neuve Chapelle are 1915 in France, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of the Western Front (World War I) and conflicts in 1915.

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Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. Battle of Hébuterne and Battle of Vimy Ridge are Battles of World War I involving Germany and Battles of the Western Front (World War I).

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Bayencourt

Bayencourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre

Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre (literally Beaucourt on the Ancre; Bieucourt-su-l'Inke) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Beaumont-Hamel

Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Berles-au-Bois

Berles-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.

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Canon de 75 modèle 1897

The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898.

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Chaulnes

Chaulnes (Picard: Chonne) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Colincamps

Colincamps (Colincamp) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Communes of France

The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Courcelles-au-Bois

Courcelles-au-Bois (Courchelle-au-Bos) is a commune in the northern French department of Somme.

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Defence Historical Service

In France, the Defence Historical Service (Service historique de la défense; SHD) is the archives centre of Ministry of Defence and its armed forces.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.

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Douai

Douai (Doï; Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France.

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Echelon formation

An echelon formation is a (usually military) formation in which its units are arranged diagonally.

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Erich von Falkenhayn

General Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn (11 September 1861 – 8 April 1922) was a German general who was the second Chief of the German General Staff of the First World War from September 1914 until 29 August 1916.

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Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand Foch (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929) was a French general, Marshal of France and member of the Académie Française.

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Forest of Argonne

The Forest of Argonne is a long strip of mountainous and wild woodland in northeastern France, approximately east of Paris.

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Foucaucourt-en-Santerre

Foucaucourt-en-Santerre (Fouquécourt-in-Santérre) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Fricourt

Fricourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Frise, Somme

Frise is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Generalleutnant

Generalleutnant is the German-language variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.

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Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais

Gommecourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Grand Quartier Général (1914–1919)

The Grand Quartier Général (abbreviated to GQG or Grand QG in spoken French) was the general headquarters of the French Army during the First World War.

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Guards Corps (German Empire)

The Guards Corps/GK (Gardekorps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I. The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz).

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Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France (Upper France, Picard: Heuts d'Franche) is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy.

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Hébuterne

Hébuterne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Hermann von Stein (1854–1927)

Hermann Christlieb Matthäus Stein, from 1913 von Stein (13 September 1854, in Wedderstedt – 26 May 1927, in Kloster Lehnin) was a Prussian officer, General of the Artillery and Minister of War during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.

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II Cavalry Corps (German Empire)

The II Cavalry Corps (Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 2 / HKK 2 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 2) was a formation of the German Army in the First World War.

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James Edward Edmonds

Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds (25 December 1861 – 2 August 1956) was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner of MI5 and promoted several spy scares, which failed to impress Richard Haldane, the Secretary of State for War (1905–1912).

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Joseph Joffre

Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, (12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916.

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Karl von Bülow

Karl Wilhelm Paul von Bülow (24 March 1846 – 31 August 1921) was a German field marshal commanding the German 2nd Army during World War I from 1914 to 1915.

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Louis de Maud'huy

Louis Ernest de Maud'huy (1857–1921) was a French World War I general and the first Chief Scout of Scouts de France.

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Mailly-Maillet

Mailly-Maillet is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Maricourt, Somme

Maricourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Marieux

Marieux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Monchy-au-Bois

Monchy-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Mortier de 58 mm type 2

The Mortier de 58 mm type 2 or Mortier de 58 mm T N°2, also known as the Crapouillot or "little toad" from its appearance, was the standard French medium trench mortar of World War I.

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Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau

Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (24 December 1851 – 19 March 1944) was a French military officer and Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces during the First World War.

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Oberste Heeresleitung

The Oberste Heeresleitung ("Supreme Army Command", OHL) was the highest echelon of command of the army (Heer) of the German Empire.

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Official history

An official history is a work of history which is sponsored, authorised or endorsed by its subject.

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Oise

Oise (Oése) is a department in the north of France.

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Operation Alberich

Operation Alberich (Unternehmen Alberich) was the code name of a German military operation in France during the First World War. Battle of Hébuterne and operation Alberich are Battles of World War I involving France.

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Pas-de-Calais

The Pas-de-Calais ("strait of Calais"; Pas-Calés; also Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders.

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Péronne, Somme

Péronne is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Puisieux, Pas-de-Calais

Puisieux or Puisieux-au-Mont is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Robert A. Doughty

Robert Allan Doughty (born November 4, 1943) is an American military historian and retired United States Army officer.

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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine (Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand; English: Robert Maria Leopold Ferdinand; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne.

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Saint-Quentin, Aisne

Saint-Quentin (Saint-Kintin; Sint-Kwintens) is a city in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.

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Sarton, Pas-de-Calais

Sarton is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Second Battle of Artois

The Second Battle of Artois (Deuxième bataille de l'Artois, Lorettoschlacht) from 9 May to 18 June 1915, took place on the Western Front during the First World War. Battle of Hébuterne and Second Battle of Artois are 1915 in France, Battles of World War I involving France, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), conflicts in 1915 and history of the Pas-de-Calais.

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Second Battle of Ypres

During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium. Battle of Hébuterne and Second Battle of Ypres are Battles of World War I involving France, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of the Western Front (World War I) and conflicts in 1915.

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Serre-lès-Puisieux

Serre-lès-Puisieux is a village in the commune of Puisieux in the Pas-de-Calais department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Shrapnel shell

Shrapnel shells were anti-personnel artillery munitions which carried many individual bullets close to a target area and then ejected them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike targets individually.

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Thiepval

Thiepval (Tièbvo) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Villers-Bocage, Somme

Villers-Bocage is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Württemberg

Württemberg is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Battle of Hébuterne and World War I are conflicts in 1915.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hébuterne

Also known as The Battle of Hébuterne.

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History of the Pas-de-Calais

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