Hauts-de-France, an administrative region in northern France located on the English Channel and shares a border with Belgium, has five departments: Aisne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais and Somme. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1916/07/01 | Wilfred Nevill | Died | Montauban Alley is captured by the 18th Division, but Captain Wilfred Nevill's is killed by machine gun fire just short of the German wire. Captain Nevill is buried at Carnoy, France. | Battle of the Somme | ||
| 1918/07/17 | William Noble Wallace | Military | American Second Lt Tee Wallace leads his platoon over the top of a hill during fighting at Belleau Woods. | |||
| 1918/07/19 | William Noble Wallace | Health | A piece of high explosive hits Wallace as he leads his men in the attack on Vierzy. Tee is evacuated to Base Hospital No 43. His regiment is cited by the French for this action and his company is awarded Croix-de-Guerre with Palm. |
| Particulars for Hauts-de-France: | |
|---|---|
| Locale type | Region of France |
| Vicinage | Type | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Departement du Aisne | Department of France | |
| Departement du Nord, FR | Department of France | |
| Departement du Oise | Department of France | |
| Departement du Somme | Department of France | |
| Pas-de-Calais, FR | Department of France |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Uncomfortable Bed (short story) | Short Story |
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Guy de Maupassant | One autumn I went to spend the hunting season with some friends in a chateau in Picardy. |
| Diary of a Country Priest | Book |
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Georges Bernanos | Set in Ambricourt, France |
| Diary of a Country Priest | Film | Robert Bresson | Set in Ambricourt, France | |
| Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort | Book |
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Edith Wharton | Dunkirk is a city in the Nord department in northern France. |
| Germinal | Book | Emile Zola | "Germinal" is set in the fictional mining town of Montsou, France | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Film | Julian Schnabel | "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is set in Berck-sur-Mer, France | |
| The Marne (book) | Mezzobula |
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Edith Wharton | The Marne - this was the actual setting of the battle of the Marne! This happy temperate landscape, with its sheltering woods, its friendly fields and downs flowing away to a mild sky, had looked on at the most awful conflict in history. |
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