Wadicourt is a village in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern France, located south of Calais. It is part of the commune of
Dompierre-sur-Authie
Dompierre-sur-Authie (, literally ''Dompierre on Authie''; pcd, Dompierre-su-Eutie) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
It is slowly depopulating like most of the countryside towns of this region, with t ...
. The
Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King PhilipVI and an English army led by King EdwardIII. The French attacked the English while they were traversing northern France du ...
was fought on a ridge between Wadicourt and
Crécy-en-Ponthieu in 1346.
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External links
''Wadicourt'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
Villages in Hauts-de-France
History of Somme (department)
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