... Givenchy-les-La Bassée Holding La Bassée gave the Germans control over the main roads to the south and south-east of Lille, thereby securing the lines of communication between Lille, the Arras front and the coalfields around Lens. Givenchy- ...
... les Allemands attaquent en Artois sur 10 k . de front et réussissent d'abord à prendre pied dans quelques tranchées près de Givenchy . Puis la lutte , sans s'arrêter complètement , s'apaise un peu , bien que les noms de La Bassée , de ...
... (Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée must not to be confused with the Givenchy-en-Gohelle south of Lens.) In the vertical photo taken by No. 2 Squadron in. 1. 2 LA BASSÉE GIVENCHY-LÈS-LA-BASSÉE CUINCHY AUCHY HAISNES 1 1 TO LA BASSÉE 1 HAISNES D947 TO ...
... Givenchy , lost and retaken , 327 Givenchy - Festubert front restored , 328 Givenchy - les - La Bassée line , French attack on , 325 Givenchy - les - La Bassée - Quinque Rue Gough , line , German attack on , 327 Givenchy - N.W . of ...
... Givenchy , lost and retaken , 327 Givenchy - Festubert front restored , 328 Givenchy - les - La Bassée line , French attack on , 325 Givenchy - les - La Bassée - Quinque Rue line , German attack on , 327 Givenchy - N.W . of Aubers line ...
... Givenchy, lost and retaken, 327. Givenchy-Festubert front restored, 328. Givenchy-les-La Bassée line, French attack on, 325. Givenchy-les-La Bassée-Quinque Rue line, German attack on, 327. Givenchy-N.W. of Aubers line advance to, of 2nd ...
... Givenchy, lost and retaken, 327. Givenchy-Festubert front restored, 328. Givenchy-les-La Bassée line, French attack on, 325. Givenchy-les-La Bassée-Quinque Rue line, German attack on, 327. Givenchy-N.W. of Aubers line advance to, of 2nd ...
... Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée was so fierce that spotters had to risk travelling by daylight in order to secure a good vantage point – the whole place was teeming with settlers squeezed into makeshift observation posts, dugouts and trenches.85 ...
... Givenchy sector was in front of the village of that name. It had a dry but ... Givenchy, there was a strange charm about the northern shoulder of its gentle ... lès-la-Bassée, Monsieur Buisine, the mayor (maire) opened the safe of the ...
A Territorial Battalion on the Western Front 1914–1918 John Hartley. Givenchy - lès - la - Bassée . The opposing trenches ran across this field , with the distance between them narrowing to just thirty yards as they reached the village ...