The Ancre (; ) is a river of
Picardy
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
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,
France
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. Rising at
Miraumont
Miraumont () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Current agricultural products include grains, potatoes, and beets.
Geography
Miraumont is situated on the D107 and D50 crossroads, some northeast of Ami ...
, a hamlet near the town of
Albert
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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 ...
. It is long.
For most of its length it flows through the
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
Somme. For a short stretch near
Puisieux, it forms the border with
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
.
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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