Masnières

Masnières is a common French, located in the department of the Northern and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Geography

Commune located on the Channel of Saint-Quentin

History

Administration

Regional adviser

Demography

Places and monuments

Memorial Commemorative of Newfoundland of the battle field of Masnières

Localization

Longitude Is 3°12' 38.42" northern latitude 50°07' 18.67"

History

At the time of Battle of Cambric the November 20th 1917, at the end of the morning, major Phillip Hamond, to the head of a dozen tanks of the battalion F enters Masnières. Its objective is to install a head of bridge on the channel of Saint-Quentin. The " Flying Fox II" force the passage and tries to cross the bridge. This one, mined, collapses. The projection of the allied tanks is stopped. In the afternoon the regiment of infantry of Newfoundland accompanied by the Canadian cavalry " Strong Garry Horse" manages to cross the channel. They reach the peak of the White Mountain and see Cambrai. The German batteries stop their progression. Insulated, the enemy troops are folded up the next morning. Ten attacks follow one another the accesses of the the Scheldt, making of Masnières a tragedy rough-hew, evacuated by English the December 2nd 1917. Completely destroyed, the village is classified in red zone in 1919 and would not have a rebuilt being.

External bonds

Canadian war veterans

The church

The architect Pierre Leprince-Ringuet uses in the rebuilding a new material, the reinforced concrete. The forms are purified, one finds the Gothic spirit inside the building.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of North

External bonds

community of communes of Vacquerie ''
Masnières on the site of the national geographical Institute
Masnières on the site of INSEE
Masnières on the site of Quid
Localization of Masnières on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Masnières on Mapquest

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