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Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

Warlencourt British Cemetery

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D929, 62450 Warlencourt-Eaucourt, France

The Butte de Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound off the Albert–Bapaume road, north-east of Le Sars in the Somme département of northern France. It is located on the territory of the commune of Warlencourt-Eaucourt and slightly north of a minor road to Gueudecourt and Eaucourt l'Abbaye. During the First World War, the Germans constructed deep dugouts throughout the butte and surrounded it by several belts of barbed wire, making it a formidable defensive position in advance of Gallwitz Riegel . After the Battle of Flers–Courcelette , the view from the butte dominated the new British front line and was used by the Germans for artillery observation. During the Battle of Le Transloy , part of the Battle of the Somme, the Butte de Warlencourt was the subject of several attacks by the British Fourth Army, which were costly failures; attacks in November also failed. The 2nd Australian Division occupied the butte on 24 February 1917, during the German retirements made on the Somme front, preparatory to Unternehmen Alberich, the retreat to the Hindenburg Line. The Butte de Warlencourt was recaptured by the German 2nd Army on 24 March 1918, during the retreat of the 2nd Division in Operation Michael, the German spring offensive. The butte was recaptured for the last time on 26 August, by the 21st Division, during the Second Battle of Bapaume. In 1990, the site was purchased for preservation by the Western Front Association with the help of donations from members. Controversially, the Western Front Association announced in October 2018 its sale to the former chairman of the Association, Bob Paterson.
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Warlencourt, the Butte de Warlencourt and Eaucourt-L'Abbaye were the scene of very fierce fighting in 1916. Eaucourt was taken by the 47th (London) Division early in October. The Butte (a Roman mound of excavated chalk, about 17 metres high, once covered with pines) was attacked by that and other divisions, but it was not relinquished by the Germans until the following 26 February, when they withdrew to the Hindenburg Line. The 51st (Highland) Division fought a delaying action here on 25 March 1918 during the great German advance, and the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division recaptured the ground on 25 August 1918. The cemetery was made late in 1919 when graves were brought in from small cemeteries and the battlefields of Warlencourt and Le Sars. The largest burial ground moved into this cemetery was:- HEXHAM ROAD CEMETERY, LE SARS, on the West side of the Abbey grounds. (Hexham Road was the name given to the road leading from Warlencourt to Eaucourt. Le Sars was captured by the 23rd Division on 7 October 1916, and again by the Third Army on 25 August 1918.) This cemetery was used from November 1916 to October 1917, and contained the graves of 17 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 13 from Australia. The cemetery now contains 3,505 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the Great War. 1,823 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 55 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 15 casualties buried in Hexham Road Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Butte de Warlencourt Memorial, Somme, France

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This ancient artificial mound, the Butte de Warlencourt, marks the limit of the British advance in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

The area has been cleared in recent years, it is now very open with a little car park next to the bottom of the monument

GPS:
N 50 04.577, E 2 47.704

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Warlencourt, British War Cemetery
Route Nationale
62450 Warlencourt-Eaucourt
France

50.080804, 2.799031 grid ref.

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The Somme (Butte De Warlencourt) By Drone

The Butte De Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound some 500 metres from the town of Le Sars on The Somme. During WW1, the German Military occupied the site and heavily fortified it for use as an artillery and observation post. Successive attacks by the Allies failed to take the Butte, except one by the 9th Durham Light Infantry, which briefly succeeded at great cost, before it was again retaken by the Germans. The Butte remained in their hands until February 1917 when they retreated to the Hindenburg Line. The British took control and held the Butte until the German Offensive of 1918, where it remained in their possession until late 1918, when the 21st Division finally took the position for the last time.

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The Butte de Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound off the Albert–Bapaume road, north-east of Le Sars in the Somme département of northern France.It is located on the territory of the commune of Warlencourt-Eaucourt and slightly north of a minor road to Gueudecourt and Eaucourt l'Abbaye.The Germans constructed deep dugouts throughout the Butte and surrounded it by several belts of barbed wire, making it a formidable defensive position in advance of Gallwitz Riegel .After the Battle of Flers–Courcelette the view from the Butte dominated the new British front line and was used by the Germans for artillery observation.

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Cimetière militaire de Warlencourt (62)

Cimetière militaire de Warlencourt (62)

Le long de la route de la Butte de Warlencourt, en direction de Bapaume, se trouve le cimetière anglais de Warlencourt. Celui-ci n'est pas très connu en tant que cimetière australien, quoique 461 hommes de l'AIF y reposent. La plupart des dates de décès inscrites sur leurs pierres tombales évoquent les combats au nord-est de Flers des derniers jours de la campagne de la Somme en 1916 et les pertes subies pendant le long et froid hiver de la Somme de 1916-17. D'autres dates évoquent l'avance australienne moins connue de fin février début mars 1917 dans la campagne au nord-est de la Butte de Warlencourt, la butte de Warlencourt et l'abbaye d'Eaucourt furent les théâtres de rudes combats en 1916. Eaucourt fut enlevé par la 47e division (London) en octobre. Ce cimetière fut créé en 1919 par le regroupement de petits cimetières alentours. Le cimetière contient près de 3500 tombes. Cimetière aménagé par Sir Edwin Lutyens.

- Warlencourt British Cemetery (route de Bapaume à Albert, lieux-dits les Culs Notés, les Dix-huit et Cour coupe Gueule,) il contient les tombes de soldats, marins et aviateurs dont 2817 britanniques, 4 canadiens, 477 australiens, 79 néo-zélandais, 128 sud-africains et 2 français.

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