Serre-lès-Puisieux is a village in the commune of Puisieux in the

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department in

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in northern

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Geography

Serre-lès-Puisieux is situated on the D919 road, northeast of

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and north of

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. Colincamps lies to the west, Hébuterne to the northwest, Puisieux to the northeast and

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to the south.

History

During the first two and a half years of the

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, Serre-lès-Puisieux was held by the

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and marked the northern point of the allied attack on the first day of the

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. The front line near the village remained more or less unchanged up until the end of the battle in November 1916. The Germans evacuated the village as part of their withdrawal in February 1917, but was lost by the

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during the

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on 25 March 1918. The Allies retook the village on 14 August 1918, during the

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Cemeteries

* Luke Copse British Cemetery * Nécropole nationale de Serre-Hébuterne * Queens Cemetery * Serre Road Cemetery No. 1, 2 & 3 *

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Memorial Park * Ten Tree Alley Cemetery Nearby cemeteries are: * Munich Trench Cemetery * Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 1, 2 & 3

References

{{Authority control Geography of the Pas-de-Calais

Geography

History

Cemeteries

See also

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