Capture of Fricourt
Fricourt is a village that was fought over during the Battle of the Somme, which took place in France during the First World War in July 1916. Fricourt is 3 mi (4.8 km) from Albert, north of Bray and west of Mametz, near the D 938 road and at the junction of the D 147 with the D 64. The village is 20 mi (32 km) north-east of Amiens and on the route of the Albert–Péronne light railway. Fricourt Wood was north-east of the village, with a château on the edge of the village and a number of craters, known as the Tambour (Kniewerk to the Germans) on the west side. Fricourt formed a salient in the German front-line and was the principal German fortified village between the River Somme and the Ancre.
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Capture of Fricourt
Fricourt is a village that was fought over during the Battle of the Somme, which took place in France during the First World War in July 1916. Fricourt is 3 mi (4.8 km) from Albert, north of Bray and west of Mametz, near the D 938 road and at the junction of the D 147 with the D 64. The village is 20 mi (32 km) north-east of Amiens and on the route of the Albert–Péronne light railway. Fricourt Wood was north-east of the village, with a château on the edge of the village and a number of craters, known as the Tambour (Kniewerk to the Germans) on the west side. Fricourt formed a salient in the German front-line and was the principal German fortified village between the River Somme and the Ancre.
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Fricourt is a village that was ...... Corps took c. 1,600 prisoners.
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1916-07-02
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A contingent of theBermuda Vol ...... to a 21st Division battalion.
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British victory
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2 regiments, 1 battalion
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Fricourt is a village that was ...... the River Somme and the Ancre.
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