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    Achiet-le-Petit (French pronunciation: [aʃjɛ lə pəti]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A farming village located 13 miles...
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  • Achiet may refer to two communes in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France: Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    Candas–Acheux line, two light railways and the Albert–Bapaume, Hamel–Achiet le PetitAchiet le Grand and Serre–Puisieux–Bucquoy–Ablainzevelle roads, most of...
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    Achiet-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [aʃjɛ lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A farming village located 12 miles...
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    12/13 March. Patrols found Riegel I Stellung empty between Bapaume and Achiet le Petit and strongly held on either flank. A British attack on Bucquoy at the...
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    March, the Germans withdrew from the R. I Stellung between Bapaume and Achiet le Petit and the British reached the R. II Stellung (R. II Position) on 13 March...
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    was awarded the VC. On the foggy morning of 22 August 1918, south of Achiet-le-Petit, France, Lance-Corporal Onions had been sent out with Private Henry...
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    only two departments in which the candidate of the Front National, Marine Le Pen, received a majority of the votes cast: 52.06%. There are currently two...
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    construction of a third position from Flers northwards to Le Sars, Pys, Irles, Achiet-le-Petit and Ablainzevelle. In mid-May and late June, the German defences...
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    Béthune - Le beffroi de Béthune". Ville-bethune.fr. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2013. "Dors min petit quinquin -...
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