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Richebourg-l'Avoué Area, 1915-1916
Richebourg-l'Avoué is a village and former commune in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was merged with Richebourg-Saint-Vaast to form the commune of Richebourg on 21 February 1971. The village was the site of the Attack on the Boar's Head on 30 June 1916, by the 11th, 12th and 13th (Southdowns) Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, part of the 116th Southdowns Brigade of the 39th Division. In fewer than five hours the three Southdowns Battalions of the Royal Sussex lost and killed and were wounded or taken prisoner. In the regimental history it is known as "The Day Sussex Died". Following the 1916 publication, the poet Edmund Blunden recalled reading Masefield's ''Good Friday'' in a frontline dugout in Richebourg-l'Avoué just as their sentry was killed by a sniper.Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 75, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29801, accessed: 23 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masefield's Good Friday
''Good Friday: A Play in Verse'' is a 1914 work by English poet John Masefield, first published in ''The Fortnightly Review'' in December 1915. ''Good Friday and Other Poems'' was published in New York in 1916 by The Macmillan Company and 1917 Heinemann, London. By 1913 Masefield was best known for his long narrative poem, ''Dauber'', and the St James's Theatre was reviving his plays ''The Witch'' and ''Nan''. Good Friday 1914, was on the eve of war. Following the 1916 publication, the poet Edmund Blunden recalled reading ''Good Friday'' in a frontline dugout in Richebourg-l'Avoué just as their sentry was killed by a sniper. :''As to the success he achieves in attempting to deal with so tremendous a theme as that of his dramatic poem, Good Friday, there may well be a difference of opinion'' - North American Review April 1916 Setting the scene following the crucifixion of Jesus in ''Good Friday'', Masefield directs that Pilate should enter "''as the darkness reddens to a gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
