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Mesnil-en-Arrouaise Destination Guide

Touring Mesnil-en-Arrouaise in France

Mesnil-en-Arrouaise in the region of Picardie with its 128 citizens is located in France - some 87 mi or ( 139 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Mesnil-en-Arrouaise

Time in Mesnil-en-Arrouaise is now 03:20 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Being here already, consider visiting London . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Mesnil-en-Arrouaise ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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German M16 helmet dug up

2:09 min by boddeus
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German M16 stahlhelm dug up on WWI Battlefield. But after 95 years of laying underground there isn't much left of it. It was on a somme battlefield, we also found some howitzer shells and a gew98 that ..

Eurostar goes so fast...

0:41 min by WelshGandalf
Views: 3459 Rating: 4.17

Look at those poor cars & lorries going so slowly :) Taken somewhere between Paris & Lille, whilst on the way back to London. ..


With the TGV driver between Paris and Brussels

1:44 min by Lionel Pailloncy
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A trip with the TGV driver between Paris and Brussels, with my 5yo nephew ..

Les Boeufs Guards Cemetary Somme

0:24 min by crispy68
Views: 299 Rating: 5.00

Taken during visit to the Somme in Feb 2008, very peaceful and an amazing sunset. Shame I didn't have a better camera to capture it ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Arrouaise Abbey

The Abbey of Arrouaise was the centre of a form of the canonical life known as the Arrouaisian Order, which was popular among the founders of canonries during the decade of the 1130s. The community began to develop when Heldemar joined the hermit Ruggerius in 1090 and approved by the local bishop in 1097. The priory was raised to the status of an abbey in 1121, electing as its first abbot, Gervaise.

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Located at 50.05 2.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: 1790 disestablishments in France, Arrouaisians, Augustinian monasteries in France, Christian monasteries established in the 11th century, Monasteries destroyed during the French Revolution

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery is a war grave for mainly Commonwealth soldiers who died in the The First World War. It was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in the 1920s and contains the bodies of 2,022 people http://www. cwgc. org/search/cemetery_details. aspx?cemetery=2000081. It lies in countryside east of Amiens in the Somme region of France at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50.04463|2.989939||||||| | |name= }}.

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Located at 50.04 2.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Cemeteries in Somme, Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France, World War I cemeteries in France

Battle of Le Transloy

The Battle of Le Transloy was the final offensive mounted by the British Fourth Army during the 1916 Battle of the Somme.

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Located at 50.06 2.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1916 in France, Battle honours of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Battle honours of the Rifle Brigade, Battle of the Somme, Battles of World War I involving Australia, Battles of World War I involving Canada, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), Conflicts in 1916

Canton of Combles

The Canton of Combles is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France.

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Located at 50.01 2.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Cantons of Somme

Gueudecourt (Newfoundland) Memorial

The Gueudecourt Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Le Transloy, a sub-battle of the Battle of the Somme of World War I. Located about one kilometre northeast of Gueudecourt village, the memorial marks the spot where in October 1916 the Royal Newfoundland Regiment's played a decisive role in the capture and holding of a German strong-point.

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Located at 50.07 2.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Battle of the Somme, Canada in World War I, Canadian military memorials and cemeteries, Military history of Canada, Monuments and memorials in Somme, Newfoundland in World War I, World War I memorials in France