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	Battle of St. Quentin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of St. Quentin (1914) - also known as the Battle of Guise, engagement between French and German forces during the retreat to the Marne.
		Battle of Mont St. Quentin - attack at Mont St. Quentin near Péronne by the Australian Corps in August, 1918.
		Battle of the St. Quentin Canal - attack by the British Fourth Army on the Hindenburg Line in September, 1918.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_St._Quentin (211 words)

	Mont St Quentin and Peronne
		At the conclusion of the Battle for Amiens on 28 August 1918, the
		Although Mont St Quentin, only 100 metres high, was a key to the German defence of the Somme line, Field Marshall Haig felt that there was no immediate need to push the Germans from this location.
		Lieutenant A. Sedgwick MC and some of his party from the 24th Battalion, awaiting the lifting of the artillery barrage on Mont St Quentin, photographed a few minutes before moving out of the trench to engage in the renewed attack on the Crater at 1.30 p.m.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww1/france/mont-quentin.htm (1613 words)

	St Quentin Area Battlefield Tour: Kaisers Battle March 1918
		A final line was formalised in an arc around St Quentin and it differed from the rest of the British front in that it wasn’t always a continuous line of trenches – there were many outposts, gaps in the line and large areas of disputed territory.
		The hill is still intact, and despite the recent arrival of a new motorway link from Amiens to St Quentin which seemed to put the position under threat, the fields are well away from the new development.
		The railway line that ran from the village to St Quentin was cut by a large redoubt north of the village, called Racecourse Redoubt.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /st_quentin.htm (4186 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Guise, 1914
		Also referred to as the Battle of Guise-St. Quentin, the Battle of Guise was launched by French General Charles Lanrezac's Fifth Army on 29 August 1914 in the wake of its dismal failure at the Battle of Charleroi.
		With the British under Sir John French similarly retreating to their left (in the aftermath of the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau), a clear gap existed to the French right.
		The battle was regarded as a simple defeat by the public at large in France despite evidence to the contrary.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/guise.htm (445 words)

	1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment:- The Battle Of The St. Quentin Canal
		On the right of the Fourth Army the First French Army continued the attack on the St. Quentin Sector: on the left two corps of the Third Army (Vth and IVth) had attacked at an earlier hour between Vendhuille and Marcoing and had heavy fighting at Villers-Guislain,Gonnelieu and the Welsh Ridge.
		On the 1st of October the Middlesex were holding the crossings of the St. Quentin Canal at Honnecourt.
		In the Battle of Beaurevoir, 3rd-5th October, the Middlesex were not engaged, and it was not until the Battle of Cambrai, 1918, began on the 8th of October that the Regiment again took part in the operations.
	freespace.virgin.net /howard.anderson/stquentincanal.htm (647 words)

	Escorial - LoveToKnow Watches
		of Spain (1556-1598), shortly after the battle of St Quentin, in which his forces succeeded in routing the army of France.
		The day of the victory, the loth of August 1557, was sacred to St Laurence; and accordingly the building was dedicated to that saint, and received the title of El real monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial.
		The preparation of the plans and the superintendence of the work were entrusted by the king to Juan Bautista de Toledo, a Spanish architect who had received most of his professional education in Italy.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Escorial (1182 words)

	Major John George Brew - 1918: Retreat from St. Quentin
		In the St. Quentin sector, the German 18th Army, under General Oskar von Hutier, fresh from the Eastern Front, planned it's attack on each side of St. Quentin, aiming to sever British lines and divide the British and French armies.
		In the 107th's sector, the front was held by the 15th Irish Rifles, with the 1st Irish Rifles in the battle zone, and the 2nd Irish Rifles in reserve.
		In the 109th's sector, the front was held by the 2nd Inniskillings, the battle zone by the 1st Inniskillings in, and the 9th Inniskillings stayed in reserve.
	brew.clients.ch /StQuentin.htm (6664 words)

	1918 Battle of the Aisne and Lys
		The 50th Division was one of only four Divisions (the others were the 19th, 21st and 25th) which took part in all three phases of the German offensive in 1918, the Battles of the Somme, the Lys and the Aisne.
		St Quentin--- The Division was in Army reserve but was put at 3 hours notice.
		The night of the 26th saw all the battalions who were not actually in the line moving up to battle positions with their bands playing them so far on up the road'.
	www.fairmile.fsbusiness.co.uk /marnelys.htm (3424 words)

	1557
		June - Mary I of England joins her husband Philip II of Spain in his war against France.
		August 10 - Battle of St. Quentin[?] - French forces under Marshal Anne de Montmorency[?] are decisively defeated by the Spanish under Duke Emanuel Philibert of Savoy[?].
		Montmorency himself is captured, but Philip II refuses to press his advantage, and withdraws to the Netherlands.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/15/1557.html (129 words)

	The Encounter at St. Quentin on 29 August 1914 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The resulting battle with elements of the German 1st Army of Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck was the largest action fought by British arms since Waterloo nearly a century before.
		This marked the turning point in the battle of the X Reserve Corps, because the 19th Reserve Division had averted the disaster of being fragmented, isolated and destroyed in detail.
		But the headquarters of the X Reserve Corps, which was coming up to Urvillers from Essigny to regain contact with the 19th Reserve Division and had halted momentarily to allow General von Kirchbach to thank the Guards for their help, disregarded the possibility of any danger from the apparently unoccupied village and moved into it.
	www.generalstafflibrary.com /page27.html (8547 words)

	The 50th Division , 1914-1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Battle of Flers-Courcelette (sixth phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916)
		The Battle of Morval (seventh phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916)
		The Battle of Le Transloy (eighth) phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916)
	www.1914-1918.net /50div.htm (1011 words)

	Sir James Melville - LoveToKnow Watches
		James Melville in 1549 went to France to become page to Mary Queen of Scots.
		Serving on the French side at the battle of St Quentin in 1557 Melville was wounded and taken prisoner.
		He subsequently carried out a number of diplomatic missions for Henry II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_James_Melville (366 words)

	Karl von Bülow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		After the conquest of Namur (August 23/24.1914) and the victorious battle of St. Quentin (August 29/30.1914) v.
		The Allies called this battle the 'Wonder at the Marne' but the Germans called it a 'drama' and von Bülow was accused of the failure.
		After the battles of Le Quesnoy and Lihons, the front of the 2.
	www.gwpda.org /bio/b/bulow-k.html (325 words)

	DEUTSCHER SOLDATENFRIEDHOF GUISE (LE PETIT FLAVIGNY / LA DESOLATION)
		of St. Quentin, on D946 Guise - Laon road.
		Contains casualties from the Battle of Guise Aug. 1914 and Oct. 1918, and from battle of St. Quentin, Sept. - Oct. 1918.
		Records 2332 burials, of which 911 in a mass grave.
	www.xs4all.nl /~aur/Cemeteries/GER_GUISE.htm (59 words)

	Royal Tank Regiment
		and the 3rd RTR amalgamating with the 2nd Royal tank Regiment Battle honours include St Quentin, Battle of the Somme, Arras, Calais, Beda Fomm, Gazala, defence of Alamein.
		Battle of the Hook, Korea by David Rowlands
		Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during the battle of the Hook.
	www.regimental-art.com /royal_tank_reg.htm (712 words)

	battles of world war 1 topics guide - Spotter-Cards.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is the main index gateway or directory page for the Spotter-Cards.com guide to battles of world war 1..
		We have 33 subtopics for this guide to battles of world war 1
		Battles Of World War 1 News : from Yahoo API
	www.spotter-cards.com /battles-of-world-war-1 (198 words)

	Today in History August 10
		Aug 10, Feast of St. Lawrence on the Catholic calendar.
		The 2nd land battle of the Civil War was fought along Wilson’s Creek in southwest Missouri.
		This 1st major battle west of the Mississippi was pivotal in determining the fate of the most populous state west of the Mississippi River in the early months of the Civil War."
	timelines.ws /days/08_10.HTML (4221 words)

	The 6th Division 1914-1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On the 10 September 1914, it landed at St Nazaire and proceeded to the Western Front, where it remained throughout the war.
		The Battle of Bailleul (fourth phase of the Battles of the Lys) (71st Brigade)
		The Second Battle of Kemmel (seventh phase of the Battles of the Lys) (71st Brigade)
	www.1914-1918.net /6div.htm (882 words)

	World history and events in 1557 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Clinton takes part in Lord Pembroke's expedition & fights with Spanish forces at the battle of Saint-Quentin
		Philip II persuades his wife Mary I to declare war on France
		Sees action at the Battle of St Quentin
	www.badley.info /history/1557.year.html (331 words)

	World History Database of events in day 10th Aug Daily Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Defeated & killed in battle by Edward Balliol
		Helped by Edward II defeats a Scottish army led by Mar during David II's minority
		At Conway castle Richard is tricked into returning Henry Bolingbroke's lands
	www.badley.info /history/1008.day.html (1071 words)

	What's New at the Volley & Bayonet Page
		Added Orders of Battle for the Battle of Leipzig.
		Added the Battle of St Quentin to the Battle Reports section.
		Added Battles of the Hundred Days Campaign to the Battle Reports section.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/vb/index/index_whats_new.htm (133 words)

	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Biography Page 13
		A while later, the Australian High Command invited him to observe their position on the river Somme.
		Witnessing the Battle of St. Quentin made Conan Doyle say he would never be able to forget the horrors of the "tangle of mutilated horses, their necks rising and sinking," lying amidst the blood soaked remains of fallen soldiers.
		In late 1914, the author made-up for the lackluster reception of his second Sherlock Holmes novel, with the publication of His Last Bow.
	www.sherlockholmesonline.org /biography/biography13.htm (282 words)

	August 10 - Today in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		0955 - Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians
		1557 - Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France
		1861 - Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri (Springfield, Oak Hills) - General Lyon killed
	magic-city-news.com /printer_1899.shtml (1653 words)

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