Latest Centenary exhibitions in the Béthune-Bruay area of Northern France focus on Canadian soldiers and Commonwealth air units based in Artois during the First World War.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Arras & Vimy Ridge
British and Commonwealth forces attacked the German lines at Arras on 9 April 1917, in a renewed attempt to break the deadlock on the Western Front.
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Scotland remembers the Battle of Arras
Scotland paid tribute to its dead in Arras with commemorations at Faubourg d’Amiens Commonwealth Cemetery, and a Beating Retreat Ceremony in the city centre attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Canada marks ‘pivotal’ Battle of Vimy Ridge
Thousands of Canadians gathered at Vimy Ridge for the centenary of a First World War victory seen as a defining moment in their country’s birth as an independent nation.
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Battle of Arras/Vimy Ridge Centenary – Dawn tribute to tunnellers
Arras and Vimy Ridge hosted a day of commemorations on 9 April 2017 bringing together the nations who fought in the Allies’ first concerted Western Front offensive of 1917.
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‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War
A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.
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‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War
A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.
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100 Years Ago: Battle of Chemin des Dames
French forces launched a disastrous attack on the Chemin des Dames on 16 April 1917, triggering a crisis of morale and a controversial First World War legacy.
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100 Years Ago: The Chinese Labour Corps arrives
Chinese workers recruited to support Britain’s war effort on the Western Front started arriving in France on 19 April 1917.
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Arras tunnels survey presented for 2017 Centenary
Surveyors from the University of Otago have carried out a complex study of the First World War tunnels dug beneath Arras by New Zealand troops.
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