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    Péronne (French pronunciation: [peʁɔn]) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne...
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    the end of the war. Aisne: Saint-Quentin Somme : Ham, Péronne, Corbie, Amiens, Abbeville, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Le Crotoy The tributaries listed comprise:...
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    crossed the Somme River on the night of 31 August, and broke the German lines at the Battle of Mont St. Quentin and the Battle of Péronne. The British...
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    The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First...
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    War, brought about by French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Péronne, Somme. The battle was fought on 3 January 1871 near the town of Bapaume. The...
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  • Péronne may refer to: Péronne, Saône-et-Loire, France Péronne, Somme, France Château de Péronne Arrondissement of Péronne Canton of Péronne Péronne-en-Mélantois...
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    the success at the Siege of Péronne solidified German control over the river Somme. The fortress of Péronne on the Somme was not of great strategic value...
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    of the BEF, to strike on the River Somme, east of Amiens and south-west of the site of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, to force the Germans away from the...
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    buttered inside with leeks cut into small pieces", originating in Péronne, Somme. In Larousse Gastronomique (1938), Prosper Montagné wrote, "Nowadays...
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    was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin (Aisne) and Péronne (Somme). In today's times, the Vermandois county would fall in the Picardy...
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