The Ancre (; ) is a river of
Picardy,
France
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. Rising at
Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of
Albert
Albert may refer to:
Companies
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, it flows into the
Somme at
Corbie
Corbie (; nl, Korbei) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The small town is situated up river from Amiens, in the département of Somme and is the main town of the canton of Corbie. It lies in ...
. It is long.
For most of its length it flows through the
department of
Somme. For a short stretch near
Puisieux, it forms the border with
Pas-de-Calais.
See also
*
Battle of the Ancre Heights (October 1916)
*
Battle of the Ancre
The Battle of the Ancre was fought by the British Fifth Army ( Lieutenant-General Hubert Gough), against the German 1st Army (General Fritz von Below). The Reserve Army had been renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October. The battle was the la ...
(November 1916)
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Somme (department)
Rivers of the Pas-de-Calais
Rivers of Hauts-de-France
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