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	Picardie Departement Information
		The battle of Aisne, which was a German offensive against the ridge known as the Chemin des Dames, near the battlefield of Château-Thierry to the south, caused great destruction and denuded many of the old-growth forests.
		Aisne’s agricultural and industrial center is in the northern town of Guise.
		The département of Somme borders it to the north, Aisne to the east, Val-d’Oise and Seine-et-Marne to the south and the départements of Eure and Seine-Maritime to the west.
	www.french-at-a-touch.com /French_Regions/Picardie/picardie_departement_information.htm (915 words)

	Aisne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aisne is a département in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.
		Aisne was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
		Aisne borders the Ardennes Forest and Belgium to the northeast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aisne (292 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aisne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aisne was one of the original 83 departments created during the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring.
		Aisne borders the The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country (its highest point is under 700 m), primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France (lending its name to the Ardennes département and the Champagne-Ardenne région) and Germany, where this range is...
		The Aisne River crosses the area from east to west, where it joins the The Oise river is a tributary of the Seine River in France.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aisne (5918 words)

	Station Information - Aisne
		Aisne is a French département in the northern part of the country.
		The main settlements in Aisne are Laon, Soissons, Saint-Quentin, Château-Thierry and Vervins.
		Aisne is in the educational division of Douai.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/a/ai/aisne.html (280 words)

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		The river was swollen, and a muddy torrent was roaring through the wreckage of the broken bridges at the villages.
		On the bend of the river between Venezil and the mouth of the Vesle, other brigades of the 3rd Corps crossed the river by means of rafts.
		The forcing of this strong river line in a single day seemed to suggest that the enemy was still in retreat and had merely fought with a delaying or rearguard action along the river.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Marne_Color/Graphic_Aisne_01.htm (4939 words)

	Aisne River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aisne is a river in northeastern France, tributary of the river Oise.
		It flows north and then west before joining the Oise River near Compiègne.
		Three bitter battles of World War I were fought into the valleys of the Aisne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aisne_River (125 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Aisne is a French département in the northern part of the country.
		Aisne borders the Ardennes Forest and Belgium to the northeast.
		Aisne is in the educational division of Douai.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Aisne (317 words)

	1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment:- The Pursuit to and Battle of The Aisne, 1914
		The slopes of the plateau overlooking the Aisne on the north and south are of varying steepness, and are covered with numerous patches of wood, which also stretch upwards and backwards over the edge on to the top of the high ground.
		On the southern banks of the river were the 6th and 4th Infantry Brigades (2nd Division) at Vieil Arcy, Dhuizel and St. Mard; the 3rd and 5th Cavalry Brigades and 7th Infantry Brigade at Braisne and neighbourhood, and the two remaining battalions of the 13th Infantry Brigade south of Missy.
		Thus closed the Battle of the Aisne, and so far as the 1st and 4th Middlesex Regiments were concerned, neither Battalion had much of the excitement of battle; the enemy's shell fire causing most of the casualties, of which, however, there are no records in the official diaries.
	freespace.virgin.net /howard.anderson/aisne1914.htm (1359 words)

	Aisne -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aisne is a (Click link for more info and facts about département) département in the northern part of (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France named after the (Click link for more info and facts about Aisne River) Aisne River.
		Aisne was one of the original 83 departments created during the (The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799) French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
		Aisne borders the (A wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II) Ardennes Forest and (A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Belgium to the northeast.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Ai/Aisne.htm (699 words)

	First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Forgotten Boys of the Aisne Battlefields
		Much further south are the battlefields of the Aisne and the Marne, larger in extent, partly to do with the fact that the clash of continental armies had greater space in which to manoeuvre.
		The Aisne passage is one of the main gateways to Paris from the East.
		Across the river and over the ridges on the south bank the green hues of the Aisne Department merge abruptly into a more uniformly brown layered subsoil as this heavily worked landscape of the Champagne country is encountered.
	www.firstworldwar.com /features/forgottenaisne.htm (1551 words)

	The Battle of the Aisne
		On the north bank of the wide, sluggish Aisne is a continuous steep slope, along the top of which runs an ancient road known as the Chemin des Dames.
		The war diary of the 1st South Wales Borderers on the Aisne is an excellent and graphic illustration of the fighting.
		The Aisne was, for the British, a case of sending infantry in small groups up the slopes in an attempted frontal attack on entrenched German defences.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat4.htm (1433 words)

	Bourg - Aisne September 1914
		On 13th September 1914 the British Army was advancing north from the Marne, with the intention of crossing the Aisne.
		The Aisne was both a river and a canal, and at the village of Bourg, it was intersected by the Oise-Aisne canal as well.
		Here there were three bridges that crossed the two canals and the river, and part of the Oise-Aisne canal ran over the Aisne river on an aqueduct.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /bourg.htm (437 words)

	Read about Aisne at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Aisne and learn about Aisne here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aisne is a département in the northern part of
		Aisne was one of the original 83 departments created during the
		The Aisne River crosses the area from east to west, where it joins the
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Aisne (262 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Aisne
		It was (13th cent.) the seat of a county held by the courts of Champagne, and passed (1384) to the house of Burgundy.
		The scene of a victory over the Germans after hard fighting (June 6-25, 1918), involving chiefly U.S. troops, it was dedicated in 1923 as a permanent memorial to the American war dead.
		A county and later a duchy, Valois was the appanage of the royal house of Valois, which succeeded the elder Capetian line (see Capetians) on the French...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Aisne (808 words)

	1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment:- Trench Warfare on the Aisne, 1914
		Thus it will be seen that the British infantry had chiefly to rely upon their prowess with the rifle, and so successful were they that long before the Aisne was reached, the German soldier had become inspired with a wholesome dread of his opponent's rifle fire.
		At 9.30 p.m., however, the Battalion paraded and, crossing the Aisne by pontoon bridge, took over bivouacs previously occupied by the A. and S. Highlanders, 1,000 yards north of the bridge, the latter Battalion being ordered to Bucy in support of the 10th and 11th Brigades of the 4th Division.
		The position on the Aisne had, by the beginning of October, become that off "stale-mate." The opposing forces had settled down to defensive action, their defences growing gradually stronger.
	freespace.virgin.net /howard.anderson/aisneTrenches.htm (970 words)

	Battle of the Aisne - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Battle of the Aisne is the name of three battles fought along the Aisne River in northern France during the First World War.
		Second Battle of the Aisne (16 April–9 May, 1917) - main component of the Nivelle Offensive.
		Third Battle of the Aisne (27 May–6 June, 1918) - third phase (Operation Blücher) of the German Spring Offensive.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Aisne (170 words)

	PicardieResto - aisne - picardy
		Soissons, one of the important towns of the Aisne, was in the Carolingian period the capital city of France.
		But the Aisne keeps in its heart the memory of recent wars such as the great War of 1914-1918 which has marked forever its lands.
		Thus the Aisne, this haven peace where lived a lot of notables such as Jean de la Fontaine, Racine, Alexandre Dumas, Paul Claudel, Matisse or Jean Mermoz, has managed to preserve its roots : a region with character, a country of tales, history, a land of art and culture.
	www.picardieresto.com /picardie/english/aisne.htm (224 words)

	Sir John French's Third Despatch
		The Despatch dealt with the Battle of the Aisne, wher the Germans dug in and defended stoutly.
		The Aisne Valley runs generally East and West, and consists of a flat-bottomed depression of width varying from half a mile to two miles, down which the river follows a winding course to the West at some points near the southern slopes of the valley and at others near the northern.
		The relieved brigades were brought back alternately south of the river, and, with the artillery of the 6th Division, formed a general reserve on which I could rely in case of necessity.
	www.1914-1918.net /frenchs_third_despatch.htm (4421 words)

	Order of Battle - American Forces - World War I - 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th 40th Divisions
		Commencing Oct. 6th, the division took an active part in the operations of the 4th French Army, advancing a distance of twenty-one kilometers to the Aisne river where it was relieved on the night of Oct. 27th to 28th and withdrawn to the Thiaucourt rest area.
		Advancing to and crossing the Escaut river the division was relieved from the front lines on November 4th and 5th and returned to Thielt for rest.
		Forcing a crossing of the Scheldt (Escaut) river on the night of Nov. 10th-11th, the advance was begun early on the 11th and pushed forward some five kilometers to the towns of Dickele and Hindelgem where the arimistice at 11 a.m.
	www.newrivernotes.com /ww1/36div.htm (1532 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The First Battle of the Aisne, 1914
		The First Battle of the Aisne was a follow-up offensive by the Allied forces against the right wing of the German First and Second armies (under von Kluck and von Bulow) in retreat after September 1914's First Battle of the Marne.
		Consequently the two German armies, joined by the new Seventh Army (under von Heeringen), were able to entrench themselves along the north bank of the River Aisne.
		The French Fifth and Sixth Armies (under d'Esperey and Maunoury), aided by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF, under Sir John French), launched a frontal infantry assault upon the Germans' defensive positions across the river at the Aisne upon their arrival on 13 September.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/aisne1.htm (496 words)

	Marne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Both armies had crossed the Aisne by 12 September, halting on the crest of high ground 480 ft above the river.
		As the Aisne offensive drew to a close, the Allies attempted to outflank the German First Army at Noyon, with the Germans responding by moving reserves in to outflank the French.
		The Battle First Battle of the Aisne and its immediate aftermath marked the closing of a war of movement on the Western Front, ushering in a four-year period of entrenched stalemate.
	home.comcast.net /~hpviser/ww1aisne1.htm (490 words)

	First Battle of the Marne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It seemed that Paris would be taken as both the French and the British fell back towards the Marne River.
		All allied units would counter-attack the Germans along the Marne River, thus halting the German advance.
		His subordinates took over and both 2nd and 1st armies were ordered to withdraw to the Aisne River in order to regroup.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/First+Battle+of+Marne (511 words)

	AISNE Articles Aisne is a department in the northe
		Aisne is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.
		Aisne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
		The German offensive against the Chemin des Dames in spring 1917 is sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of the Aisne.
	www.amazines.com /Aisne_related.html (534 words)

	Somme River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It rises in the hills at Fonsommes, near Saint-Quentin in the Aisne département, and flows generally westward for 152 miles (245 km) to the English Channel, crossing Somme département and the ancient province of Picardy.
		The Somme rises in northwestern France and flows a short distance into the English Channel, and in the southwest the Charente, rising in the western Limousin plateau, and the Adour, rising in the central Pyrenees, flow into...
		The river valley is a natural route both for trade and for invading armies; hence its largest city is a center of commerce and has been the scene of a number of decisive battles.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9068666?tocId=9068666&query=oise (847 words)

	FINDINGS
		The battle on the Aisne a month later was a direct consequence of the German assault upon Belgium and France as set out in the German war plan known as the Schlieffen Plan.
		Following their unexpected defeat at the Battle of the Marne, the German forces were disorganised and had to conduct a strategic withdrawal to geographical positions of potential military strength and settled on the Chemin des Dames heights north of the river Aisne.
		The Aisne showed that technological advances in equipment and processes by competitive rivals must be continually monitored to avoid becoming uncompetitive.
	stu.magd.cam.ac.uk /~ngb22/befbattles/cstudy/aisne2.htm (1194 words)

	CHAPTER SIX - Glory on the Aisne
		Trees on the south side of the Aisne and the canal had been cut down and piled on the north bank of the former to protect their machine gunners and to give them a clear field of fire.
		On the Aisne River and Ardennes Canal was the relatively large town of Attigny.
		Artillery, machine gun, and rifle fire from across the river was severe in the open area at Moscou Farm where the 144th Infantry lost 207 officers and men killed or wounded while advancing toward Givry.
	www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org /36division/archives/wwi/white/chap6.htm (3618 words)

	About Facts Net
		As the Germans retired from the Vesle northward to the Aisne valley in early September, the III Corps took part in the aggressive pursuit operations.
		That part of the Western Front extending from the English Channel south through Ypres, and thence across the Lye River to the vicinity of Arras, was manned by an army group under King Albert of Belgium composed of Belgian, British, and French armies.
		This is difficult terrain, broken by a central north-south ridge that dominates the valleys of the Meuse and Aire Rivers.
	aboutfacts.net /War9.htm (4917 words)

	Aisne, pêche, golf, canoë et autres loisirs
		With 4,500 km of inland waterways and many lakes dotted throughout the valleys of the Aisne, the Somme and the Oise, the department is a haven for fishermen, although this fact is not well-known.
		Its man-made lakes and its many rivers offer every type of fishing and a wide range of fish to catch - trout, roach, bream, carp, tench, perch, pike - ideal for fishermen wanting to get away from it all and enjoy some peace and quiet !
		The Champagne golf course in the South of the Aisne.
	www.evasion-aisne.com /en/sites_activites/loisirs (246 words)

	36th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 36th Infantry Division was organized at Camp Bowie (Fort Worth), Texas, 18 July 1917, from units of the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard during World War I. The Division left Newport News, Virginia, in July and August of 1918, for France.
		The 71st Brigade of the Division saw combat at St. Etiennes-Arnes and on 10 October 1918, the entire division relieved the 2nd Infantry Division and pushed the Germans to the Aisne River.
		In the Rapido River action, the Division lost the better part of two of its three regiments - 141st and 143d - in unsuccessful attempts to cross the river.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/texas.htm (586 words)

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