Irles
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Irles ( ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Irles ( ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Irles is situated on the D163 road, some south of Arras, near the border with the département of the Pas-de-Calais.
History
Irles was the site of an action by the 1st Royal West Kent Regiment and the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment on 23 August 1918 during the Second Battle of Bapaume.
Population
See also
Communes of the Somme department
References
Major CV Maloney, '"Invicta": with the 1st Battalion the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in the Great War', London: Nisbet & Co, 1923.
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