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Artois 9th May 1915

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Artois 9th May 1915

The ground gained on the 9th May 1915

Général Foch was quick to note that the problem was the lack of artillery. He requested an increase in artillery for a great offensive on 9th May 1915 — in which Général Barbot would be killed, he is buried at Lorette and his statue can be seen in Souchez.

Barbot, the saviour of Arras
The Moroccan Division Memorial on Vimy Ridge

The Moroccan Division Memorial is opposite the car park at the Canadian Memorial

For a few hours the Division marocaine (Moroccan Division — made up of French colonial troops and the French Foreign Legion, but no actual Moroccan units) held Hill 140 but the German reserves were more immediately to hand and the French had to abandon the site that would eventually become the Canadian memorial.

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2nd Battle of Artois: 1915
3rd Battle of Artois : 1915
Vimy Ridge : 1917
Battle of Arras : 1915
Moroccan Division Memorial

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Artois May 1915
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Vimy Ridge 9th April 1917

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