Leaflet Walks and hiking trails Haute-Somme and Poppy Country 7 Circuit du Caribou A tragic page in the Time: 2 hours 40 history of the British troops on French soil Distance: 8 km during the First World Route: easy War. Leaving from: Church in Auchonvillers Auchonvillers, 35 km north-east of Amiens, 11 km north of Albert Abbeville Auchonvillers Albert Péronne Amiens n i z a Ham B . C Montdidier © 1 Starting from the church, head 4 Take the lane to the left then The Newfoundland toward the Memorial. At the the second path once more on Memorial. crossroads as you leave the the left toward the D163. Pass At dawn on the 1st of July village, go straight ahead close to one of the many British 1916, the Royal toward the wayside cross, and Empire cemeteries. Newfoundland Regiment take the lane to the left for 1 km. Situated right there where the t was wiped out. Hardly had s they emerged from the One of the many military British soldiers fell, all these e r trenches, when these young pilgrimages to Poppy Country, cemeteries have a tall stone cross e subjects of His Britannic the emblematic flower of the showing a bronze sword. Beside t Majesty, come to defend a n “Tommies”. it stands the Scottish monument, i land they had never seen, 2 Turn left toward the D73. Turn a large white stone Celtic cross f were mown down by right onto it, pass in front of the evoking the sacrifice of the 8th O German machine guns. This Newfoundland Memorial and battalion of Highlanders who tragedy has been immortalised take the lane on your left as far died to the sound of the bagpipes. in the form of a bronze caribou, as the intersection with the 5 Take the road to the right for an emblematic animal for D163 E to Beaumont. 300 m, then go left onto the that country. A view of the The two war memorials, one Chemin Vert toward Auchonvillers whole battlefield, left just as in Beaumont and the other in ignoring adjacent lanes. it was after the conflict, allows us to imagine just 6 Hamel, depict a “mater dolorosa“ As you come into the village, what that horrible trench crying over a dead soldier. turn right toward the D163. warfare must have been like. 3 Make a “right-left” hook to get Follow it left and at the In addition to the cemeteries, to the crossroads. Take the lane crossroads, turn right to get the site also includes the to the right, then turn left. back to where you started from. explicitly-named Danger At the intersection, take the Tree, a Celtic cross, as well road on your right for 200 m. Tourism Office: Poppy Country: as a statue of a kilted Scotsman Tel: 03 2275 1642 from the 51st division of www.tourisme-paysducoquelicot.com Highlanders. Author: Jacques Defretin • Translation: Gibson Language Team • Design: APropos • Conception: Imp. Cg80 • 1000 copies, Spring 2011 4 5 3 1 6 In the vicinity 11 km away, Albert: 19th-century Basilica of Notre- Dame de Brebières (gilded statue of the Virgin), Flemish-style Hôtel de Ville, Somme 1916 2 Underground Museum, public arboretum garden (arboretum and waterfall), Vélodrome Ponds. Other sites on the Remembrance Circuit: - Thiepval: Franco-British Memorial and Ulster Tower - Beaumont-Hamel: Newfoundland Memorial - Ovillers-la-Boisselle: the Great Mine crater - Mametz: Memorial to the 38th Welsh division in the form of a dragon 0 0,25 0,5 0,75 1 km Signage Route Change of Wrong - Longueval: Memorial and South African Museum continues direction direction Route not suitable for motor - Pozières: Tank Memorial and Monument to the This circuit is maintained by the Poppy Country. sports. Australian Divisions. 3 km away, Mailly-Maillet, Church and Funerary Map IGN 2407 O Chapel.