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Ouvrage Boussois
Part of Maginot Line New Fronts, Séré de Rivières system
Northern France
Ouvreage Boussois
Ouvrage Boussois is located in France
Ouvrage Boussois
Ouvrage Boussois
Coordinates50°17′47″N 4°03′11″E / 50.29628°N 4.05304°E / 50.29628; 4.05304
Site information
OwnerTown of Boussois
Controlled byFrance
ConditionAbandoned
Site history
Built1934-1938
MaterialsConcrete, steel, deep excavation
Battles/warsSiege of Maubeuge, Battle of France
Ouvrage Boussois
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of Maubeuge
└─Thiérache
Regiment:84th Fortress Infantry Regiment (RIF)
Number of blocks:3
Strength:5 officers, 195 men

Ouvrage Boussois is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, built as part of the "New Fronts" program to address shortcomings in the Line's coverage of the border with Belgium. Like the other three ouvrages near Maubeuge, it is built on an old Séré de Rivières fortification, near the town of Boussois. The fortification surrendered to the Germans twice, in the First World War on 6 September 1914, and in the Second World War on 22 May 1940. The site is now abandoned.

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