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[brucehubbard]

Where is Leffinge and for what is it now used?

Bruce

[Cnock]

Hi,

the military cemetery is removed, pnly the entrance hall remains.

Cnock

[michel knockaert]

mick1234, on 03 January 2011 - 02:19 AM, said:

Two images from the Forgotton,  Front.  1.  Ferme Du Bois, April 1915 and October 2010 near Richebourg l,avoue.

Hello

just for info, la ferme du bois was not "near" but "at Richebourg l'Avoué.

I wonder if the modern view is "cinder track" ?

friendly

Michel

[59165]

Cheers Michel.On dit,"cheers".Friendly est  basque espagnole pour les rosbifs...
Meilleurs voeux!!!
David & Chantal.

[michel knockaert]

59165, on 27 January 2012 - 12:56 AM, said:

Cheers Michel.On dit,"cheers".Friendly est  basque espagnole pour les rosbifs...
Meilleurs voeux!!!
David & Chantal.

salut mes chéris.... pardon pour cet oubli, j'aurais dû retenir la leçon, mais il y a tellement longtemps que je ne suis plus assidu sur le GWF... pour cause de bas débit et de construction de notre nouvelle maison....

Bonne année à vous également.

Ceci dit ça ne répond pas à ma question concernant "cinder track", mais je suis à peu près sûr de mon coup.

Cheers... !!!!

Michel

[michel knockaert]

mick1234, on 03 January 2011 - 02:19 AM, said:

Two images from the Forgotton,  Front.  1.  Ferme Du Bois, April 1915 and October 2010 near Richebourg l,avoue.

Hello Mick
where did you found that splendid pictures ?

I am very interested by a normal size one please.

Cheers

Michel

[17107BM]

hello all.

On a recent visit i was lucky enough to find the forming up point of the 47th Battalion A.I.F. for the Passendeale attack of the 12.10.17.

And the place that Frank Hurley took his photographs on the same date just below Defy Crossing.

Sorry.

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[17107BM]

Try again.

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[17107BM]

And Defy crossing today

And Defy crossing today

Today

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[Havrincourt]

Thank you for the contributions

No trip last year so here are some aerials as then and nows............here is High wood

Andy

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[Roger H]

Oh good, glad to see this thread springing back to life.

Roger

[egbert]

Roger H, on 27 January 2013 - 12:34 PM, said:

Oh good, glad to see this thread springing back to life.

Roger

I know you like themRoger.

[Havrincourt]

Roger, thank you

I hope to see many others posted here too...........Here is the British attack start line at Serre

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[egbert]

Havrincourt, on 27 January 2013 - 01:54 PM, said:

Roger, thank you

I hope to see many others posted here too...........Here is the British attack start line at Serre

Excellent pictures!
I always thought the Brit 1st line (attack start) trench is conincident with the northern edge/line of the shown copse, and the 2 visible cemeteries are already in no-mans-land?

[Roger H]

egbert, on 27 January 2013 - 12:45 PM, said:

I know you like themRoger.

Thanks for the link Egbert.

Roger

[Havrincourt]

Yes egbert on this picture I have separated the two views.....it could be moved into an overlay position to sit over the Copses

[Roger H]

You can see the front line matching the outline of the current copse.  Remarkable

Roger

[Havrincourt]

Here is another aerial comparison. This one shows the area of the Mill road near Thiepval, scene of the West Yorks failed attack on the 3rd September 1916. Google view to the left, the 1916 trench aerial on the right

Andy

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[Havrincourt]

Here is an overlay of the Vesuvius crater at Havrincourt 1917

Andy

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[egbert]

Andy when was the Vesuvius crater explosion -after March 1917?

[Havrincourt]

Good question egbert, not so sure . But it was blown to close off road access to Havrincourt,(as with other approach roads) as part of the Hindenburg line defence

[egbert]

i was just asking because the crater was not there in March 1917:

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[Havrincourt]

I see, my guess is that it was blown as the allied army became a threat, leaving it open in the short term to enable the Germans to move in and out of the line easier

Thank you for your help egbert.....can we see troops moving on the road in the aerial or is a horse team?

[Havrincourt]

Here is an aerial comparison of the tree lined road leading to Havrincourt.....it looks as though quite a few units took a short cut over the fields

Andy

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[Havrincourt]

Morning all.....don't think I have posted this one before.......... Beaucourt Road...1916....1930s....2012

Andy

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