Arleux (Arleux-en-Gohelle)
Pas-de-Calais, France
Mentioned: 1917
Vimy / Artois Sector The site of the Battle of Arleux, April 28-29, 1917, where Joe Edwards was killed. Referenced again on December 1, 1917, when Robertson visits a friend hospitalized after being caught "deviating from the perpendicular up Arleux way."
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1917
- 1 December 1917… – One filling – Came back via Aubigny – Saw Butler at 42 C.C.S. – Fritz caught him deviating from the perpendicular up Arleux way so he's good for 6 mos. in Blitey Bill paid the yard a visit this aft and the skipper …