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[[File:Sausage Valley Somme 1 July 1916 map.jpg|thumb|<center>Frontlines on 1 July 1916. Sausage Valley runs from lower left to centre</center>]] |
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[[Image:Sausage Valley Somme August 1916.jpg|thumb|The scene in Sausage Valley during the [[Battle of Pozières]], August 1916. A [[List of Rolls-Royce motor cars|Rolls-Royce]] truck drives towards Contalmaison.]] |
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'''Sausage Valley''' was the name given by [[British Empire|British]] soldiers during the [[World War I|First World War]] to a shallow valley south of the village of [[La Boisselle]] in the [[Somme]] [[département]], France. Sausage Valley was so named because the Germans would fly an observation [[balloon (aircraft)|balloon]], known as a "sausage", at the head of the valley. The neighbouring valley to the north of La Boisselle was therefore logically known as [[Mash Valley]]. |
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Sausage Valley was the scene of heavy fighting during the early stages of the [[Battle of the Somme (1916)|Battle of the Somme]]. On the [[first day on the Somme]], 1 July 1916, the [[101st Brigade (United Kingdom)|101st Brigade]] of the [[34th Division (United Kingdom)|34th Division]] made a failed attack up the valley. They were followed up by the 1st and 4th Tyneside Irish battalions of the [[103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade]], some of which managed to traverse the valley and advance towards [[Contalmaison]] before being captured or killed. |
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Once the villages of La Boisselle and [[Fricourt]], which flanked the valley, were captured, Sausage Valley became an important thoroughfare, supply dump and [[artillery]] base for the British. The head of the valley was known as "Gordon's Dump". Most traffic bound for the fighting at [[Battle of Pozières|Pozières]] and [[Mouquet Farm]] in late July and August passed along Sausage Valley. |
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==See also== |
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*Map coordinates : {{Coord|50.012924|N|2.699804|E|display=inline, title}} |
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[[Category:Battle of the Somme]] |
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[[Category:World War I sites in France]] |
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[[Category:Geography of Somme]] |
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