Grandcourt
Somme, France
Mentioned: 1917
Somme Sector A Somme village on the Ancre river, next to Thiepval and Courcelette. Mentioned February 10, 1917, as its defences are reported taken according to the papers: news from the Somme sector reaching Robertson secondhand, well north of the actual fighting.
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1917
- 10 February 1917… g on a little bit north during the evening. Old Fritz hasn't had much rest lately. – Raids all along the line & GRANDCOURT defences taken according to papers (8th) to hand today – No more recent news. Twenty-seve …