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Synonyms for hamelincourt or Related words with hamelincourt
hadigny
moriville
osmery
saulchoy
houdemont
humbercamps
seraumont
troisvaux
guignemicourt
grandvillers
broussey
annouville
distroff
hannescamps
harprich
chainaz
coingt
fouencamps
pierrerue
sibiville
vittoncourt
remiencourt
cliponville
authieule
doudelainville
maurupt
raville
hamblain
obermorschwihr
ernemont
bellonne
fourg
hangviller
bretigney
lafat
vraincourt
neubois
blangermont
ranguevaux
hermaux
meigneux
maizery
limeyrat
grazac
guinkirchen
haselbourg
mosnac
ourouer
envronville
bernadets
Examples of "hamelincourt"
Hamelincourt
is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
On 21 March 1918 at
Hamelincourt
, France, when the situation was critical, Sergeant Mountain with a party of 10 men attacked an advance enemy patrol of about 200 strong with a Lewis gun, killing half of them. The sergeant then rallied his men in the face of overwhelming numbers of the main body of the enemy, to cover the retirement of the rest of the company – this party of one NCO and four men held at bay 600 of the enemy for half an hour. Sergeant Mountain later took command of the flank post of the battalion, holding on for 27 hours until finally surrounded.