Montauban-de-Picardie

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Montauban-de-Picardie is a village and commune in the Somme département, Picardy region of Northern France. Population (1999): 197.

[edit] First World War

The village lies on the First World War battlefield of the Battle of the Somme. Montauban lay close behind the German front-line and was turned into a fortified strongpoint. On 1 July 1916 — the first day on the Somme — the village was seized by the British 30th Division in one of the few successful British advances of the day.

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