contested ground, 29 engagements

Picardy: contested ground

The ground around Picardy was fought over 29 times between 1871 and 1918: 29 battles, in 3 different wars. All 29 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

29 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
3 January 1871	Battle of Bapaume	Bapaume	Franco-Prussian War
25 September 1914	Battle of Albert	Somme	Western Front
1916	Battle of Flers–Courcelette	Flers	Western Front
1916	Battle of Albert	Somme	Western Front
1 July 1916	Battle of the Somme	River Somme	Western Front
1 July 1916	First day on the Somme	Somme	Western Front
July 1916	Leipzig salient	Picardy	Western Front
6 July 1916	Capture of La Boisselle	Picardy	Western Front
7 July 1916	Battle of Mametz Wood	Mametz	Western Front
7 July 1916	Battle of Mametz Wood	Mametz	Western Front
14 July 1916	Battle of Bazentin Ridge	Somme	Western Front
16 July 1916	Capture of Ovillers	Picardy	Western Front
3 September 1916	Battle of Delville Wood	Longueval	Western Front
3 September 1916	Battle of Pozières	Pozières	World War I
3 September 1916	Battle of Guillemont	Guillemont	Western Front
9 September 1916	Battle of Ginchy	Ginchy	World War I
25 September 1916	Battle of Thiepval Ridge	Thiepval	Western Front
25 September 1916	Battle of Morval	Morval	Western Front
26 September 1916	Battle of Mouquet Farm	Pozières	Western Front
26 September 1916	Capture of Combles	Picardy	Western Front
1 October 1916	Battle of Le Transloy	Le Transloy	Western Front
1 October 1916	Capture of Regina Trench	Picardy	Western Front
13 November 1916	Battle of the Ancre	Ancre	Western Front
1918	Second Battle of the Somme	River Somme	Western Front
28 March 1918	First Battle of Dernancourt	Dernancourt
30 March 1918	First Battle of Morlancourt	Morlancourt
5 April 1918	Second Battle of Dernancourt	Dernancourt
14 May 1918	Second Battle of Morlancourt	Morlancourt	World War I
10 June 1918	Third Battle of Morlancourt	Morlancourt	World War I

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.