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© 2006 R.J.PENHEY http://penhey.name/ompwxb262Divgazetteer(print(p).htm
The British 62nd Division:
Gazetteer
This is a list of places
mentioned in the 62nd Division article. For the smaller villages there is
an indication of position in relation to larger places. Almost all can be found
on a modern Michelin 1:200,000 scale map but a very few appear no longer to
exist or to have been incorporated into a nearby town or village. The
information given should be read as follows:-
Acheville 12 NNE Arras means ‘Acheville
lies in an area roughly 12km north-north-east of
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Aachen |
50°46’N, 06°06'E |
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Acheville |
12 NNE Arras |
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Achiet-le-Grand |
6 NW Bapaume |
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Achiet-le-Petit |
7 WNW Bapaume |
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Amiens |
02°17’55”E, 49°53'32"N |
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Amplier |
32 SW |
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Anneux |
9 WSW
Cambrai |
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Arcis |
58 SSE Épernay |
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Arleux |
10 NE |
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02°46'52"E, 50°17'23"N |
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Athis |
12 ESE Épernay |
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Aulnay
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18 ESE Épernay |
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Authie |
26 W
Bapaume |
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Authieule |
3 SE Doullens |
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Avesnes
(-sur-Helpe) |
18 S
Maubeuge |
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Ayette |
12 NW
Bapaume |
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Bailleulmont |
14 SW |
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Banteux |
14 S
Cambrai |
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Bapaume |
02°51'E, 50°06'N |
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Barastre |
25 SW
Cambrai |
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Bavay |
13 W
Maubeuge |
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Beaumetz |
19 WSW
Cambrai |
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Beaumont-Hamel |
15 W
Bapaume |
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Beauval |
5 |
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Behagnies |
5 NNW
Bapaume |
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Bellenglise |
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Berneville |
8 WSW |
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Bertincourt |
21 SW
Cambrai |
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Béthune |
25 N |
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Beugnâtre |
3 NE
Bapaume |
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Beugny |
6ENE
Bapaume |
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Bévillers |
12 E
Cambrai |
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Bioule |
15 SSW |
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Bisseuil |
10 E Épernay |
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Blaireville |
9 SSW |
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Bligny |
13 SW |
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Bouilly |
12 SW |
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Bourlon |
9 W
Cambrai |
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Boussières
(-en-Cambrésis) |
10 E
Cambrai |
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Bucquoy |
11 WNW
Bapaume |
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Bullecourt |
16 SE |
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Bus |
15 ESE
Doullens |
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01°51'32"E, 50°57'10"N |
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Cambrai |
03°14'08"E, 50°10'36"N |
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Capelle-Fermont |
12 WNW |
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Carnières |
8 E
Cambrai |
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Cattenières |
8 SE
Cambrai |
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Cerfontaine |
5 ESE
Maubeuge |
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Chamery |
10 SSW |
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04°26'E, 50°24'N |
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Château-Thierry |
51 WSW |
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Chaumuzy |
15 SW |
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Cherville |
15 ESE Épernay |
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Couin |
14 ESE
Doullens |
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Courcelles-le-Comte |
9 NW
Bapaume |
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Courmas |
12 SW |
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Croisilles |
11 NNE
Bapaume |
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Cuitron |
13 SW |
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Denain |
10 WSW |
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Doullens |
28 N |
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Drocourt |
16 NE |
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Écourt-Saint-Quentin |
22 ESE |
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Écoust
(-Saint-Mein) |
9 NNE
Bapaume |
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Épernay |
2.341°E, 50.1575°N |
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Ervillers |
7 NNW
Bapaume |
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Espilly |
16 SW |
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Estourmel |
7 ESE
Cambrai |
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Étaples |
26 SSE |
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Favreuil |
2 N Bapaume |
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Feignies |
5 WNW
Maubeuge |
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Fîmes
(Fismes) |
26 WNW |
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Fismes (Fîmes) |
26 WNW |
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Flesquières |
11 SW
Cambrai |
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Fontaine |
5 WSW
Cambrai |
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Fosseux |
15 WSW |
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Frasnoy |
15 SE |
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Frémicourt |
3 E
Bapaume |
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Frévin-Capelle |
12 WNW |
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Gavrelle |
9 ENE |
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Germaine |
14 S |
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Gogniaux |
3 SSE Bavay |
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Gomiécourt |
6 NNW
Bapaume |
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Gommegnies |
7 WSW Bavay |
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Gonnelieu |
15 SSW
Cambrai |
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Gouzeaucourt |
16 SSW
Cambrai |
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Graincourt |
10 WSW
Cambrai |
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Hamoir |
44 E |
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Ham-sur-Heuvre |
10 SSW |
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Haplincourt |
6 ESE
Bapaume |
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Hargnies |
6 SE Bavay |
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Hautmont |
5 SW Maubeuge |
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Hautvillers |
4 N Épernay |
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Havrincourt |
13 SW
Cambrai |
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Hendecourt |
14 NNE
Bapaume |
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Hénu |
13 E
Doullens |
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Herbignies |
18 SE |
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Holnon |
6 W
St-Quentin |
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Juvigny |
22 E Épernay |
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La Fère |
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Lagnicourt |
10 NE
Bapaume |
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La Longueville |
4 E Bavay |
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La Neuville |
18 SW |
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Lebucquière |
8 E
Bapaume |
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Le Cateau
(-Cambrésis) |
24 ESE Cambrai |
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Leignon |
25 SE |
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Le Quesnoy |
14 SSE |
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Liège |
05°34'E, 50°39N |
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03°03'30"E, 50°37'57"N |
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Locquignol
(Forêt de Mormal) |
34 E
Cambrai |
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Louvroil |
2 SSW
Maubeuge |
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Loverval
(Louveral) |
5 SSE |
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Magnicourt |
23 WNW |
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Mailly (-le-Camp) |
45 SSE Épernay |
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Malmedy |
36 SE
Liège |
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Marcoing |
7 SSW
Cambrai |
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Mareuil |
6 E Épernay |
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Marfaux |
14 SW |
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Marieux |
9 SE
Doullens |
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Maroeuil |
6NW |
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Masnières |
7 SSW
Cambrai |
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Maubeuge |
03°58'E, 50°17'N |
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Miraumont |
9 W
Bapaume |
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Moeuvres |
13 WSW
Cambrai |
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Monchy-Breton |
26 WNW |
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Mondicourt |
8 E
Doullens |
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Montagne-de-Bligny |
15 SW |
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Montignies
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15 E |
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Morchies |
9 ENE
Bapaume |
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Mory |
6 N
Bapaume |
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Moyenneville |
10 NNW
Bapaume |
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04°51'E, 50°27'N |
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Nanteuil |
15 SSW |
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Nappes |
16 SW |
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Neuville |
20 SW
Cambrai |
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Noreuil |
9 NE
Bapaume |
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Onrézy |
10 SW |
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Oppy |
10 NE Arras |
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Orsinval |
12 WSW Bavay |
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Paradis |
17 SW Reims |
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Pas |
10 E Doullens |
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Plivot |
9 ESE Épernay |
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Pont-sur-Sambre |
9 SSE Bavay |
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Pourcy |
13 SSW Reims |
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Puisieux |
12 W Bapaume |
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Quéant |
18 W Cambrai |
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Quiévy |
14 E Cambrai |
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Recquignies |
5 E Maubeuge |
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Recy |
26 ESE Épernay |
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04°02'E, 49°18'N |
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Ribécourt (-la-Tour) |
11 SW Cambrai |
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Riencourt |
13 NE Bapaume |
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Roclincourt |
4 NNE Arras |
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Romeries |
21 ENE Cambrai |
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Rousies |
3 ESE Maubeuge |
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Rumilly |
5 SSW Cambrai |
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Ruyaulcourt |
19 SW Cambrai |
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Saint-Imoges |
15 SSW Reims |
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Saint-Lazare |
1 SSE Maubeuge |
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Saint-Léger |
9 N Bapaume |
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Saint-Python |
18 E Cambrai |
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03°17'11"E,
49°50'55"N |
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Saint-Rémy-Chaussée |
46 E Cambrai |
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Sapignies |
4 NNW Bapaume |
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Sauchy-Lestrée |
10 WNW Cambrai |
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Schleiden |
35 SE Aachen |
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Séranvillers |
6 SSE Cambrai |
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Serre |
24 ESE Doullens |
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Solesmes |
19 E Cambrai |
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Sommesous |
38 SSE Épernay |
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Souastre |
22 SW Arras |
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Sous-le-Bois |
2 SW Maubeuge |
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Spontin |
17 SSE Namur |
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Terramesnil |
34 W Bapaume |
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Thièvres |
9ESE Doullens |
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Tinques |
21 WNW Arras |
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Tours-sur-Marne |
12 E Épernay |
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Trescault |
14 SW Cambrai |
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03°31'33"E, 50°21'35"N |
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Vauchelles |
12 SE Doullens |
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Vaulx-Vraucourt |
7 NE Bapaume |
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Velu |
20 WSW Cambrai |
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Vendhuille |
18 SSW Cambrai |
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Vendin-lès-Béthune |
4 NNW Béthune |
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Vertus |
15 SSE Épernay |
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Vielsalm |
41 SSE Liège |
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Vieux-Mesnil |
7 SE Bavay |
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Ville-en-Tardenois |
18 WSW Reims |
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Villers-Châtel |
16 NW Arras |
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Vimy |
9 NW Arras |
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Vraucourt |
Now part
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Vrigny |
9 NNE Reims |
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Wailly |
7 SSW Arras |
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Wambaix |
7 SE Cambrai |
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Warlus |
8 WSW Arras |
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Yvoir |
14 S |
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