1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Souchez (French pronunciation:[suʃe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3] It is located 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.[4]
^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^"Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^INSEE commune file
^"Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France". The Great War UK. The Great War UK. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017. The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.
Souchez (French pronunciation: [suʃe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located 3.2 kilometres...
White Way and the Spur of Souchez, which dominated the east edge of Ablain and the sugar refinery between Ablain and Souchez. By 20 March the French had...
declines about 300 yd (270 m) into the Douai Plain; the valley of the Souchez river is about 22 yd (20 m) wide and flows south-west to north-east through...
Third Battle of Artois in September 1915 but only captured the village of Souchez at the western base of the ridge. The Vimy sector calmed following the...
sure that the morning mist had dispersed. XXI Corps attacked the rest of Souchez village and La Folie farm, XXXIII Corps made some progress but the III...
vicinity were costly failures. On 4 October, German troops entered Lens, Souchez, Neuville-Saint-Vaast and gained a footing on the Lorette Spur. German...
Somme until four to nine weeks later; Falkenhayn sent divisions from the Souchez–Vimy area, 20 mi (32 km) south instead, which has been misinterpreted in...
made by the First Army in late June near Gavrelle and Oppy, along the Souchez river. The objective was to eliminate a German salient between Avion and...
November 1917: Battle of Vimy Ridge – 9–14 April Affairs South of the Souchez River – 3–25 June Capture of Avion – 26–29 June Battle of Hill 70 – 15–25...
north by the 24th British Division of I Corps which advanced north of the Souchez river and by the advancing XVII Corps to the south. The 4th Canadian Division...
north by the 24th British Division of I Corps which advanced north of the Souchez river and by the advancing XVII Corps to the south. The attack began at...
killed instantly. He is buried in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. "Ireland's Roll of Honour: Losses in Irish Regiments: Officers...
Coulotte – 23 April Third Battle of the Scarpe – 3–4 May Affairs South of the Souchez River – 3–25 June Capture of Avion – 26–29 June Battle of Hill 70 – 15–25...
E. H. MacDonald, The Tangled Garden, 1916 David Milne, Vimy Ridge from Souchez, Estaminet among the Ruins, 1919 Franklin Carmichael, The Upper Ottawa...
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