Historical place archive

Bapaume in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Bapaume in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1918–1918

Historical events in Bapaume

1918

29 August 1918
Bapaume Captured by New Zealand Division
Andrew Hamilton Russell · World War, 1st

Russell's New Zealand Division captures Bapaume during the Allied advance.

31 August 1918
Battles of the Somme, 2nd
Andrew Russell · World War, 1st

Leads New Zealand Division in Third Army operations during the Bapaume phase.

Provenance

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