Leipzig Salient
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title:
Leipzig Salient
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The Leipzig Salient was the British term for a German defensive position built in 1915 on the Somme in France, during the First World War, opposite the village of Authuille which contained the Leipzig Redoubt on its west face. The position was to the south-west of the site of the later Thiepval Memorial, north-east of the La Boisselle–Authuille and Thiepval–Aveluy crossroads. The German front line bulged around a quarry which the Germans fortified and enclosed with Hindenburg Trench, across the
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Battle during the First World War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_Salient
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2024-04-14T15:15:58Z
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