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	Battle of the Somme: Ovillers and La Boisselle, 1st July 1916
		Many visitors to the battlefield arrive via the D929 from Albert, and the village of La Boisselle with its small panel declaring it to be the front line on that fateful day, is often their first contact with the reality of the landscape.
		As you come over the final hill before dropping down to La Boisselle you are passing Usna Hill on your left and Tara Hill on your right and it would be nice to be able to think of the road being a neat dividing line, but this wasn't the case.
		As La Boisselle formed a salient (A term simply meaning that it jutted out towards the opposing lines) the decision was taken to pass either side of the village in strength, cut it off and then detail off a small number of men to mop up.
	www.webmatters.net /france/ww1_laboisselle.htm (1139 words)

	Battle of the Somme: Ovillers and La Boisselle, 1st July 1916
		Ovillers and La Boisselle remained resolutely in their hands as was Thiepval on the Corps' left.
		The most visible from the main road is that of the Tyneside Scottish and Irish, whose Memorial is situated at the entrance to the village of La Boisselle.
		If the bushes are not too overgrown there is a short inscription on the rear of the monument which explains how the land has been donated by the commune to the honour and memory of the men from the two brigades.
	www.webmatters.net /france/ww1_laboisselle_2.htm (536 words)

	1st July 1916 - Battle of the Somme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was estimated that no fewer than three brigades were to attack La Boisselle, and that after capturing the ruins they would continue their attack against Contalmaison.
		While the enemy had broken in at the mine crater which had formed in La Boisselle, he did not attain the position anywhere else.
		In the extensive minefield at the south tip of La Boisselle the Badener, in conjunction with the Württemberg Pioneers of the 1/Pioneer 13, successfully threw back the advancing enemy.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/attackonlaboissellefricourt.htm (2375 words)

	Ovillers Military Cemetery
		OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE is a commune in the Department of the Somme, to the North-East of Albert, on either side of the Bapaume road.
		The village of La Boisselle is on the right (or South-East) side of the road, at the turning to Contalmaison ; the village of Ovillers is due North of La Boisselle, a little way back from the left side of the road.
		On the 1st July, 1916, the 8th Division attacked Ovillers and the 34th Division La Boisselle ; the villages were not captured, but ground was won between them and to the South of La Boisselle.
	silentcities.50megs.com /cemeteryo/ovillers.htm (660 words)

	La Boisselle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The photographer is in the German front line of 1st July 1916, facing the advance of the Tyneside Scottish Brigade of the 34th Division.
		This photograph was taken from the 'British' side, looking north in the direction of advance on 1st July 1916 when this crater was blown in front of the lead units of 34th Division.
		La Boisselle village, the Gory Hole and other crater fields and the Albert-Bapaume road are away a few hundred yards to the left.
	www.1914-1918.net /sacredground/16Somme/boisselle.htm (315 words)

	Picardie 14-18 : La Boisselle
		Le sol conserve aujourd'hui la trace, dans une pâture à l'entrée du village (entre le monument aux Tyneside Scottish and aux Tyneside Irish et celui à la 19ème division britannique), des ravages occasionnés par les combats parmi d'autres vestiges effacés, peu à peu, par le temps.
		L'entonnoir de la première fut rebouché après la guerre, celui de la seconde, toujours visible, est devenu un lieu de mémoire.
		En fait, à la fin de cette première journée meurtrière, seuls Mametz et Montauban, situés un peu plus à l'est, seront pris par les troupes britanniques et il faudra attendre le 3 juillet pour que La Boisselle tombe à son tour.
	www.picardie1418.com /fr/transversales/villes_villages/laboisselle.htm (352 words)

	Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers La Boisselle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the 1st July 1916, Ovillers was attacked by the 8th Division and La Boisselle by the 34th; but the villages were not captured, although both Divisions gained ground.
		La Boisselle was taken by the 19th (Western) Division on the 3rd-4th July.
		Ovillers was attacked again by the 12th (Eastern), 25th and 32nd Divisions, and on the 17th July, it was taken by the 48th (South Midland) Division.
	www.somme-1916.com /cemetery009.htm (531 words)

	July 1st 1916 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		La Boisselle itself is on a small spur which reaches out into the valley.
		Half a mile to the south of the village of La Boisselle, at 7.28am, a mine was blown that overshadowed the seven large and eleven small mines by both its size and achievement.
		On the right of the Divisional attack small parties of the 15th and 16th Royal Scots and elements of the 11th Suffolks and 10th Lincolns were to advance 700 yards into the German lines and occupy a position in Wood Alley which guarded the left flank of the advance of the British 21st Division.
	www.friendsoflochnagar.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /july1st16.html (728 words)

	Lochnagar Mine Crater La Boisselle
		Units of the 34th Division attacked this area and the nearby village of La Boisselle on 1st July.
		Lochnagar Mine Crater is located south of the village of La Boisselle, on a minor road.
		In the village on Rue de la 34 Division follow the Somme Tourist signs for 'La Grande Mine'; at the fork in the road towards Bécourt take the left hand road and follow to the crater.
	www.somme-1916.com /site02.htm (320 words)

	First day on the Somme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The largest mines, each containing 24 tons of ammonal, were on either side of the Albert-Bapaume road near La Boisselle, the Y Sap mine north of the road and the Lochnager mine to the south.
		The villages of Ovillers and La Boisselle flanked the Albert-Bapaume road and marked the centre of the Fourth Army's front.
		Attacking along the axis of the Albert-Bapaume road was the 34th Division which was aided by the blowing of the two largest mines on either side of La Boisselle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_day_on_the_Somme (4444 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish brigades were to be deployed to the North-East of the town of Albert, attacking to the North and South of the village of La Boisselle.
		La Boisselle prior to the devastation of the Somme Offensive
		La Boisselle during the Somme offensive of 1916
	www.tyneside-scottish.co.uk /page8.html (787 words)

	Somme : Texts : Personal Accounts : Now It Can Be Told
		I remember, as though it were yesterday in vividness and a hundred years again in time, the bombardment which preceded the battles of the Somme.
		With a group of officers I stood on the high ground above Albert, looking over to Gommecourt and Thièpval and La Boisselle, on the left side of the German salient, and then, by crossing the road, to Fricourt, Mametz, and Montauban on the southern side.
		From Albert westward past Thièpval Wood ran the little river of the Ancre, and on the German side the ground rose steeply to Usna Hill by La Boisselle, and to Thièpval Château above the wood.
	leoklein.com /itp/somme/texts/gibbs_1920/gibbs_1920_06.html (885 words)

	Ovillers-la-Boisselle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ovillers-la-Boisselle is a commune of the Somme département in northern France.
		The commune consists of the two villages of Ovillers and La Boisselle, which were destroyed during World War I.
		It was the site of heavy fighting during the 1916 Battle of the Somme, and particularly during the first day on the Somme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Boisselle (95 words)

	Lochnagar, La Boisselle
		La mise à feu a eu lieu à 7h30 du matin le 1 juillet 1916 et fut le signal du début de l'offensive de la bataille de la Somme.
		Le percement de la sape au départ des lignes Anglaises a débuté en décembre 1915 au travers du calcaire du plateau, à raison d'une moyenne de 60 centimètres par jour.
		Il y a aussi la sape de Hawthorn près de Beaumont, mais la nature à repris ses droits et il ne subsiste qu'un trou dans un bois de même qu'au bois fourreau.
	www.accueil.org /dossier_histoire/souvenir/la_boisselle.html (324 words)

	Tyneside Scottish Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The importance of this sector meant that it was particularly well defended so to support the attack two large mines were detonated on either side of La Boisselle, the Y Sap mine to the north and the Lochnager mine to the south.
		South of the road, in front of La Boisselle on a sector known as "The Glory Hole", no man's land was extremely narrow.
		Some men managed to cross the valley to the rear of La Boisselle but they were soon driven out and the survivors were forced to retreat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tyneside_Scottish_Brigade (803 words)

	Ovillers La Boisselle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		La Boisselle Park Beaucourt Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Thiepval, Schwaben Redoubt and Leipzig Redoubt Ovillers-la-Boisselle and and The Ancre Fricourt...
		Battle of the July 1916 Somme: Ovillers Boisselle, 1st and La Both Ovillers and La Boisselle had been well fortified by the Germans and they had further fortified their line with strong points at two critical positions...
		The Tyneside Irish Brigade on Ovillers and La Boisselle.
	ovillerscegl.xeekzupo.info (797 words)

	Somme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Turn left to La Boisselle and very shortly you cross the British front line trenches - say 200 yards and then you are driving with the British front line trenches directly alongside in the first field on your right.
		Coming into La Boisselle there is a civilian cemetery on the left - turn right at main road onto D929 and after about 25 yards turn left and park.
		Ahead of you is the memorial seat to the Tyneside Scottish and Irish, placed directly on the German front line trenches.
	www.somme1916.freeserve.co.uk /pages/ST29.html (272 words)

	Glory Hole to Disappear? - Great War Forum
		For the place itself there should be a document in the town hall (la Mairie) which indicates where houses could be built.
		I suspect this land came very cheap because it wasn't possible to farm on it and the ignorance of the developers will not have alerted them to the fact that tunnels etc are on this site; in fact, they probably haven't even asked themselves why the holes are there in the first place.
		La Boiselle and its 'Glory Hole' seem part and parcel of the 'Somme Heritage' experience to me. I would argue that its loss would be extremely short sighted.
	1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=44651 (2723 words)

	Ovillers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This valley was known as Mash Valley and represented 800 yards of no mans land to be crossed by the 8th Division on 1st July.
		Standing with the cross of sacrifice behind you looking out across the valley the German front line trenches ran along the road back towards Ovillers and then turned right where there is a large crucifix in the civilian cemetery.
		At the end of the village just before the last few houses - in the field on the other side of the valley is the site of Y sap mine crater - filled in about 15 years ago.
	www.somme1916.freeserve.co.uk /pages/ST28.html (335 words)

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		Située à la sortie de La Boisselle, en direction de Bazentin en empruntant la D20, au milieu des champs, cette nécropole contient les corps de 1676 soldats (1582 Britanniques, 2 Canadiens, 91 Australiens et 1 Indien).
		Et ce jusqu'en septembre de la même année.
		La grande majorité de ces hommes étaient tombés en juillet 1916.
	www.chez.com /picardie1418/fr/necropoles/80/gordondump.htm (168 words)

	Painting by Sandy Grant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the neighbourhood of La Boisselle the enemy is offering a stubborn resistance, but our troops are making satisfactory progress.
		Later information of the enemy's losses show that our first estimates were too low.
		After a most violent artillery and gas preparation on both banks of the Somme and the Ancre, which lasted for seven days, the enemy gained no appreciable advantages between Gommecourt and the vicinity of La Boisselle, but sustained very heavy losses.
	www.greatwar.nl /contemporary/sandygrant/laboisselle.html (149 words)

	La Boisselle
		The explosion of the «mine furnaces» Hawthorn at Beaumont Hamel, the Drum at Fricourt, Lochnagar at La Boisselle...
		Men began to fall one by one when machine guns began the slaughter of the La Boisselle salient.
		The Hawthorn mine-chamber explosion at Beaumont Le Hamel, the drum at Fricourt and Lochnagar at La Boisselle marked the beginning of the July 1st 1916 Offensive and of the Somme Battle.
	www.anzac.org /ANZACGB/boisgg.htm (357 words)

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		La Boisselle was captured and part of Ovillers.
		Wilkinson and Adrian Carton de Wiart both gained the VC at la Boisselle.
		William la Touche Congreve is awarded the VC for actions between July 6th and the 20th.
	www.leyada.jlm.k12.il /proj/hamas/chronolo.txt (4084 words)

	La Boisselle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		" La grande mine a explosé à 7.28 du matin, secouant la terre sur laquelle nous nous tenions et projetant en l'air des milliers de tonnes de terre.
		Les hommes sont tombés un par un quand les mitrailleuses ont entamé le massacre du saillant de La Boisselle.
		Au sud de la Boisselle, le front n'est percé que de part et d'autre de Fricourt.
	www.anzac.org /boisgg.htm (373 words)

	Winner of the 2002 WFA Undergraduate Essay Award
		A study of that cemetery shows that up to 1,500 graves were moved there from the Thiepval area, an obvious clearance of wartime cemeteries in preparation for the building of the Thiepval Memorial and the surrounding park which commenced in 1929.
		As for the 'La Boisselle gap', it is obvious that a similar clearance took place.
		Thiepval is a relatively marginal part of the 1916 battlefield and the Fifth Army, in its fighting retreat through this area in March 1918, was never at Pozières; the nearest Fifth Army units in the retreat were nearly seven miles away to the South, beyond the River Somme.
	www.wfa-usa.org /new/sommemem.htm (1229 words)

	Matten Casualties of War
		On the 1st July, 1916, the 8th Division attacked Ovillers and the 34th Division La Boisselle; the villages were not captured, but ground was won between them and to the South of La Boisselle.
		The cemetery covers an area of 9,475 square metres and is enclosed by a red brick wall.
		RED DRAGON CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, was midway between Ovillers and La Boisselle.
	www.speareroots.co.uk /mattenwar.html (1395 words)

	The Lochnagar Mine at La Boisselle
		Lochnagar is now privately owned and you can visit this enormous crater quite easily from the village of La Boisselle.
		It was created by the largest charge of explosives along the front that morning: 60,000 lbs (27,000 kilos) of ammonal explosive.
		The service is informal and probably the better for it, but arrive early for there are a goodly number who arrive each year.
	www.webmatters.net /france/ww1_lochnagar.htm (181 words)

	Communauté de Communes du Pays du Coquelicot - Ovillers-la-Boisselle
		Lochnagar Crater (300 mètres de circonférence pour 20 mètres de profondeur) et les monuments commémoratifs (La Madelon, le Calvaire Breton, le Monument de la 34ème Division) attirent chaque année de nombreux visiteurs essentiellement britanniques.
		La commune compte 377 habitants (environ 275 pour La Boisselle et 100 pour Ovillers) et se caractérise par sa bipolarité : Ovillers et La Boisselle forment deux entités distinctes.
		La Boisselle - Trou de Mine de la route de Bapaume - Entrée de l'Abri souterrain (180 mètres de circonférence, 18 mètres de profondeur)
	www.paysducoquelicot.com /ovillers-la-boisselle.htm (284 words)

	Lochnagar mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lochnagar mine was an explosive-packed mine located south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département of France, which was detonated at 7.28 am on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
		The Lochnagar mine, along with a neighbouring mine north of the village known as the Y Sap mine, contained 24 tons of explosives.
		However elsewhere the attack at La Boisselle went badly and infantry sought shelter in the crater, particular those who had been attacking up Sausage Valley to the south of the village.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lochnager_mine (367 words)

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