Les Alouettes B&B, self catering accommodation and WW1 battlefield Tours

Name: Les Alouettes B&B, self catering accommodation and WW1 battlefield Tours
Address: 12 Rue du Mantier, Hardecourt-aux-Bois, 80360, FR
Telephone: +33671784074
Rating: 5

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Hardecourt-aux-Bois
Les Alouettes B&B, self catering accommodation and WW1 battlefield Tours

We offer ensuite B&B and self-catering accommodation in the heart of the Somme battlefields and tours
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13/06/2026

This epitaph stopped me in my tracks. Just beautiful and heart-breaking.

In Fond Remembrance.

12/06/2026

Taken a few years ago on a lovely warm sunny day. Such a special place.

In Fond Remembrance.

10/06/2026

A beautiful walk around Mametz Wood and Bazentin le Petit in glorious weather.

09/06/2026

There is a stunning array of pink roses in Caterpillar Valley cemetery. Just breathtaking, a real credit to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who maintain this cemetery so beautifully.

In Fond Remembrance.

08/06/2026

Sunrise on the Somme 💛

07/06/2026

Remembering today the Anniversary of the Battle of Messines

The Battle of Messines from 7-14 June 1917 was one of the most successful Allied battles of the war on the Western Front. Troops from across the British Empire took part and the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Division fought alongside one another for the first time.

At 3.10am on 7 June 1917, after a week-long artillery bombardment, Allied forces detonated explosives in 19 mines under the German positions. Shocked German troops suffered many casualties and soon faced an infantry attack protected by a ‘creeping’ barrage.

Most of the initial objectives were taken in the early hours of the day. The New Zealand Division captured the village of Messines, while the 16th (Irish) Division and 36th (Ulster) Division took the village of Wytschaete. German counter-attacks the following day failed to win back ground, but resistance continued until 14 June when Allied forces had control of the Wytschaete-Messines Ridge.

Messines was one of the most successful operations of the war on the Western Front, demonstrating that success could be achieved with meticulous planning and training, combined with overwhelming firepower and limited objectives. Success at Messines was vital for the later Allied offensive at Ypres, but also created an unfounded sense of optimism. The six-week delay before the start of the Third Battle of Ypres allowed the Germans to reorganise and the Allies were unable to replicate their quick victory.

Lest We Forget.

06/06/2026

A day spent in the lovely company of a family who now live in Ottawa in Canada.

We were following in the footsteps of Company Sergeant Major George MacDonald who served with the 25th Battalion CEF, 2nd Canadian Division.

George served overseas from April 1917 seeing action around the Vimy sector, Hill 70, Passchendaele, the Battle of Amiens and then back to Arras in 1918. Remarkably he was never wounded. We visited some of the areas that he was billeted in close to Vimy Ridge in particular Mont St Eloi and Villers au Bois.

He was one of the many pilgrims who returned to France in 1936 to attend the unveiling of the Vimy Ridge Memorial and his Granddaughter brought with her his Vimy passport which was issued just for that voyage from Canada. It was so special to hold his passport on Vimy Ridge (I have never seen one personally) and she had made a promise to her Grandfather that she would visit Vimy Ridge one day. She fulfilled her promise.

George also wrote a lovely heartfelt account of his pilgrimage in 1936 which I had the privilege in reading and something that I will always treasure.

It was an emotional day spent with a beautiful family.

In Fond Remembrance.

05/06/2026

A lovely day spent with a Canadian family from Ottawa whose Grandfather was billeted in Mont St Eloi in 1917 and who attended the unveiling of the Vimy Ridge Memorial in 1936.

04/06/2026

Looking towards the Tara Usna hill.

Adresse

12 Rue Du Mantier
Hardecourt-aux-Bois
80360

Téléphone

+33671784074

Site Web

http://www.lesalouettes.net/, http://www.lesalouettesww1guidedbattlefieldtours.net/

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