Festubert
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Festubert ( ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France southwest of Lille. The village was on the Western Front during the First World War and was largely destroyed in the May 1915 Battle of Festubert.
Festubert ( ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France southwest of Lille. The village was on the Western Front during the First World War and was largely destroyed in the May 1915 Battle of Festubert.
Population
See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Defence of Festubert (November 1914) Battle of Festubert (May 1915) Battle of the Lys (1918) (Festubert was on the southern extremity of this battle)
References
External links
Brown’s Road CWGC cemetery The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery
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