|
Notre Dame de Lorette, also known as Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery, is the world's largest French military cemetery.〔(''Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery''. ) The Great War 1914–1918. Retrieved 14 August 2012.〕 It is the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire. The high point of the hump-backed ridge stands 165 metres high and – with Vimy Ridge – utterly dominates the otherwise flat Douai plain and the town of Arras. ==Site of three battles== The ground was strategically important during the First World War and was bitterly contested in a series of long and bloody engagements between the opposing French and German armies. It was the focal point of three battles: *First Battle of Artois (27 September–10 October 1914) – an encounter battle during the Race to the Sea. *Second Battle of Artois (9 May–15 May 1915) – French attack towards Vimy Ridge. *Third Battle of Artois (25 September–15 October 1915) – also known as the Artois-Loos Offensive. The Battles of Artois were as costly in French lives as the better-known Battle of Verdun. As with numerous other sites across France, Notre Dame de Lorette became a national necropolis, sacred ground containing the graves of French and Colonial fallen, as well as an ossuary, containing the bones of those whose names were not marked. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Notre Dame de Lorette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|