Saint-Aubert,_Nord

Saint-Aubert, Nord

Saint-Aubert, Nord

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Saint-Aubert is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

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History

Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls spending a night on the brick floor of an abandoned house in St Aubert on 24 October 1918, waking at 5 am to heavy artillery bombardment. He provides a dramatic description of the battle that ensued, with horses carrying guns into battle and men stripped to the waist 'working like demons loading the guns'. He recalled, 'the shells were falling so thick and at such speed that the flash of their bursting seemed to cover the hill with a sheet of fire. It was incredible that anything could survive there.'[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Saint-Aubert
 The arms of Saint-Aubert are blazoned :

Or, 3 chevrons gules. (Ivry-la-Bataille, Lesdain, Saint-Aubert and Tilloy-lez-Cambrai use the same arms.)



See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    INSEE commune file
  4. [4]
    Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, pages 79-80
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