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| Picture No | 10823701 |
| Date | 31 March 1917 |
| Description | Storming of Heudicourt Village 1917 |
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Following a short artillery barrage, British troops rush the German entrenchments stretched across the street in the French village of Heudicourt. Following severe hand-to-hand fighting, the British force prevailed and the village was taken. It was subsequently re-taken by German forces in March 1918 and returned to Allied possession in September 1918.
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| Source | Drawing by Fortunino Matania in 'The Sphere',16 June 1917 pages 236 & 237 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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