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GUERRE 1914 – 1918 Mcmaster U Sources : GUERRE 1914 – 1918 McMaster U. / Trench Maps / Albert, Bray-sur-Somme : Somme Battlefield, Fricourt & Mametz / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2B / 25.04.1916 ; McMaster U. / Trench Maps / Albert, Bray-sur-Somme : Somme Battlefield, Fricourt & Mametz / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2D (local) / 30.04.1918 ; 1/4 L’AMPLEUR DES TRAVAUX D’ADAPTATION DU RESEAU FERROVIAIRE IWM /Q 58527 / Unidentified22 aerial juillet photograph 1918 of the Morlancourt area dated 22nd July 1918 ; IWM / Q 915 / 12Inch Mark IX gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery on railway mounting at Méaulte / September 1916 ; IWM / Q 46929 / Dernancourt – Méaulte Line / Wreckage of bridge over River Ancre destroyed by British March 1918 / September 1918 ; Front de la Somme : La ligne nouvelle Dernancourt / Maricourt (80) IGN / Remonter le Temps / clichés du 31 août 1947. 31 août 1947 Vers Albert MEAULTE 25 avril 1916 30 avril 1918 Ligne n°272 000 Vers Amiens DERNANCOURT 1 22 juillet 1918 MORLANCOURT E. FACON / V1 / Etabli le 14.02.2020 & modifié le 21.11.2020 Dernancourt, septembre 1918 1 Méaulte, septembre 1916 Diffusable SNCF RESEAU 25 avril 1916 GUERRE 1914 – 1918 2/4 L’AMPLEUR DES TRAVAUX D’ADAPTATION DU RESEAU FERROVIAIRE Front de la Somme : La ligne nouvelle Dernancourt / Maricourt (80) 30 avril 1918 31 août 1947 E. FACON / V1 / Etabli le 14.02.2020 & modifié le 21.11.2020 28 mai 1918 Sources : McMaster U. / Trench Maps / Albert, Bray-sur-Somme : Somme Battlefield, Fricourt & Mametz / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2B / 25.04.1916 ; McMaster U. / Trench Maps / Albert, Bray-sur-Somme : Somme Battlefield, Fricourt & Mametz / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2D (local) / 30.04.1918 ; NLS / Trench Maps / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2E / Published May 1918 / Trenches corrected to 28 May 1918 ; Diffusable SNCF RESEAU IGN / Remonter le Temps / clichés du 31 août 1947. « Happy Valley », 12 juillet 1916 « Happy Valley », juillet 1916 GUERRE 1914 – 1918 3/4 L’AMPLEUR DES TRAVAUX D’ADAPTATION DU RESEAU FERROVIAIRE Front de la Somme : La ligne nouvelle Dernancourt / Maricourt (80) Sources : McMaster U. / Trench Maps / Albert, Bray-sur-Somme : Somme Battlefield, Fricourt & Mametz / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2B / 25.04.1916 ; McMaster U. / Trench Maps / Albert, Bray-sur-Somme : Somme Battlefield, Fricourt & Mametz / Sheet 62D NE / Edition 2D (local) / 30.04.1918 ; IWM / Q 147 / Battle of Albert / Bandsmen of the 12th Royal Scots outside their hut in Happy Valley (near Albert) / 12th July 1916 ; IWM / Q 150 / Transport lines and camps in Happy Valley, near Albert / July 1916 / In foreground, shoeing a horse, a soldier holding horses head is a Royal Scot / Troops wear captured Prussian helmets. IGN / Remonter le Temps / clichés du 31 août 1947. 31 août 1947 Voie étroite Voie étroite E. FACON / V1 / Etabli le 14.02.2020 & modifié le 21.11.2020 25 avril 1916 30 avril 1918 Voie étroite Voie étroite Voie étroite Voie étroite Gibraltar Happy Valley Voie étroite Voie large Diffusable SNCF RESEAUBRAY -SUR-SOMME GUERRE 1914 – 1918 Vers Etricourt-Manancourt « Plateau Station », 20 novembre 1917 4/4 L’AMPLEUR DES TRAVAUX D’ADAPTATION DU RESEAU FERROVIAIRE Front de la Somme : La ligne nouvelle Dernancourt / Maricourt (80) Sources : McMaster U . / Railway Maps / Railway Map “Roye” / 05.08.1918 ; IWM / Q 46935 / Cambrai Offensive / Tank trains standing in Plateau Station awaiting despatch to forward detraining railheads / 20th November 1917 ; IWM / Q 46932 / British Mark IV Female Tanks being loaded aboard flat-bed railway trucks at Plateau Station in preparation for transportation to the forward area prior to the opening of the Battle of Cambrai / 1917-11 ; IWM / Q 46940 / Cambrai Offensive / Tank trains standing in Plateau Station awaiting despatch to forward detraining railheads / November 20th 1917 ; IGN / Remonter le Temps / Clichés du 31 août 1947. 31 août 1947 « Plateau Station », novembre 1917 CARNOY MARICOURT Vers Péronne E. FACON / V1 / Etabli le 14.02.2020 & modifié le 21.11.2020 « Plateau Station », 20 novembre 1917 5 août 1918 MARICOURT Diffusable SNCF RESEAU .
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