Battle of Guillemont
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The Battle of Guillemont was an attack, during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, by the British Fourth Army against the German 2nd Army near the village of Guillemont in northern France. The village is on the D 20 running east to Combles and the D 64 south-west to Montauban. Longueval and Delville Wood lie to the north-west and Ginchy to the north-east. The village was on the right flank of the British sector, near the boundary with the French Sixth Army. The Fourth Army had advanced close to Guillemont during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July) and the capture of the village was the culmination of British attacks which began on the night of 22/23 July. The attacks were intended to advance the right flank of the Fourth Army and eliminate a salient further north at Delville Wood. German defences ringed the wood and had observation over the French Sixth Army area to the south, towards the Somme river.
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| event | armed conflict | 1356 | Lancaster's chevauchée of 1356 | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1472 | Siege of Nesle | siege, sack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1536 | Siege of Péronne | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1636 | Crossing of the Somme | Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, battle, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1636 | First siege of Corbie | Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, siege, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1636 | Second siege of Corbie | Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Hispanic Monarchy, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1642 | Battle of Honnecourt | Kingdom of France, battle, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Battle of Amiens | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Battle of Hallue | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of Péronne | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1871 | Battle of Bapaume (1871) | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Ovillers-la-Boisselle in World War I | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Battle of Albert | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Battle of Hébuterne | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Albert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Somme | British Empire, German Empire, French Third Republic, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | First day on the Somme | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Leipzig salient | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of La Boisselle | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mametz Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mametz Wood | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Bazentin Ridge | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Delville Wood | British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Ovillers | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Pozières | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Mouquet Farm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Guillemont | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Ginchy | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Thiepval Ridge | J. R. R. Tolkien, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Combles | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Le Transloy | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Ancre Heights | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Capture of Regina Trench | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of the Ancre | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 1918 | First Battle of Dernancourt | Australia, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | First Battle of Morlancourt | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Dernancourt | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Morlancourt | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Third Battle of Morlancourt | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Imperial German Army, Australian Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Hamel | battle, United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Hundred Days Offensive | British Empire, Austria–Hungary, German Empire, Erich Ludendorff, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, French Third Republic, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, offensive, Ferdinand Foch, John J. Pershing | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Albert | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of Bapaume | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Second Battle of the Somme | United States, British Empire, German Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of the Scarpe | Canada, British Empire, German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin | Australia, German Empire, battle, John Monash | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Havrincourt | German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle, Dominion of New Zealand | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Épehy | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of St. Quentin Canal | United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Arras | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1917 | Casemate à mitrailleuse 526 | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Musée Somme 1916 of Albert | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1986 | South African Delville Wood Commemorative Museum | Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2008 | Carrière Wellington | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2012 | Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2018 | Sir John Monash Centre | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | donjon de Bailleulmont | keep | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Q 004256GermanDeadGuillemont | Commons | ||
| commons | image | RAMC search packs of British dead after Battle of Guillemont 1916 IWM Q 4245 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | German dead Guillemont September 1916 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Welsh Guards at Guillemont 03-09-1916 IWM Q 4415 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 55th (West Lancashire) Division positions at Guillemont | Commons | ||




