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    of the defence of Flanders was carried out by the Franco–British from 15 to 22 November, which left the BEF holding a homogeneous front from Givenchy...
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    the trenches near Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée at the end of March. 55th Division was involved in the Battle of the Lys, the second phase of the German spring...
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    55th (West Lancashire) Division (category Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I)
    the German spring offensive, and conducted a much-lauded defence of Givenchy during the Battle of Estaires. After the German offensive stalled, the division...
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    William Buckingham (category British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
    Corps. He fought at the Defence of Givenchy, with his name being forwarded to Lieutenant General James Willcocks, the commander of the Indian Corps, for...
    8 KB (852 words) - 21:33, 31 October 2023
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    in the defence of Givenchy shortly after. After braving a winter in the trenches, on 10 March 1915 the 1st Battalion took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle...
    28 KB (3,148 words) - 02:39, 7 August 2024
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    43rd (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (category Artillery units and formations of World War I)
    18 December. The rest of the brigade refitted at Merris until 22 December, thereby missing 1st Division's defence of Givenchy, when it went into the...
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    part of the Bareilly Brigade in the 7th (Meerut) Division in October 1914 for service on the Western Front. It took part in the defence of Givenchy in December...
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    fought in the Defence of Festubert, and the next month in the Defence of Givenchy. Later in 1915, the battalion saw action in the Battle of Aubers Ridge...
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    5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (category Infantry battalions of the British Army)
    'Line of Resistance', where the battalion held its positions for the rest of the day. 55th (WL) Division then fought in the Defence of Givenchy. On 11...
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  • This is a list of battles during the First World War in which the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated. Gallipoli Campaign, 1915–16 Macedonian front...
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    John Galliano (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    director of his eponymous label John Galliano and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior. Since 2014, Galliano has been the creative director of Paris-based...
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    the Defence of Festubert (23–24 November), Defence of Givenchy (20–21 December), the First Action of Givenchy (25 January 1915) and the Affairs of Cuinchy...
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  • Liverpool Rifles (category Battalions of the British Army)
    Battle of the Lys Battle of Estaires, 9–11 April Defence of Givenchy, 9–17 April Battle of Hazebrouck, 12–15 April Advance to Victory Capture of Givenchy Craters...
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    251st Tunnelling Company (category Military units and formations of the British Army in World War I)
    defensive schemes. 251st Tunnelling Company took part in the successful defence of Givenchy when the Allied units there were attacked by German forces in that...
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  • 20th Indian Brigade (category Brigades of India in World War I)
    Festubert (23 – 24 November) and the Defence of Givenchy (20 – 21 December). In the former, Naik Darwan Singh Negi of the 1st Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles...
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    offensive. In the Second Action of Givenchy (15–16 June), IV Corps of the British First Army, attacked north-west of La Bassée with the 7th, 51st and...
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    resistance. The final objective, a fortified knoll outside the village of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, fell to the Canadians on 12 April. The German 6th Army then...
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    designers, such as Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy, and Christian Lacroix. Paris Fashion Week, held in January and July in...
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  • Royal Green Jackets (category Infantry regiments of the British Army)
    Ypres 1914, 15, 17, 18, Langemarck 1914, 17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Boschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Heliewaarde...
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    The British considered the area drier than Loos, Givenchy and Plugstreet Wood further south. A study of weather data recorded at Lille, 16 mi (26 km) from...
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