Vermandovillers

French commune
name= Vermandovillers


x = 140
y = 38
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Péronne
canton=Chaulnes
insee=80789
cp=80320
maire=M. Raphaël Poupard
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Haute Picardie
alt moy=82 m
alt mini=78 m
alt maxi=97 m
hectares=583
km²=5,83
sans=119
date-sans=1999
dens=20|

Vermandovillers is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated some 26 miles east of Amiens, on the D143 and D79 roads.

History

World War I – Battles at Vermandovillers

The first attack occurred on September 24, 1914, it was partially blocked by the 75th Infantry Regiment at Etoilé woods near to Herleville.
The front was stabilized for two years until September 1916. The spearhead attack of September 4, 1916 at edge of Vermandovillers’ Etoilé woods, was assigned to the 132nd Division(10th Army), against heavily concreted machine guns bunkers, organized by the Germans for nearly 2 years (Report No.: 6288/3 of September 26th 1916 of the 132nd Division). On 6 September 1916, many (the 13th, the 43rd , the 51st and 120th) Infantry Regiments were involved in the so-called battle of Vermandovillers. It ended on September 9, 1916 for lack of troops. The 158th, the 366th Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion Chasseurs showed exemplary conduct and suffered heavy losses.
For the record, between September 4th-9th, 1916, the 86th Brigade lost 1,071 men, 264th Brigade lost 1,513 and 108th Brigade 1,580. These figures explain the fact that in a 5km radius around Vermandovillers, there are, buried in cemeteries 1,261 French and 22,665 Germans. The British are not counted because although killed in the fighting, they are buried mostly in Villers-Bretonneux.

Population

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80789&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Vermandovillers on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Vermandovillers Vermandovillers on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 5th 2008."