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Monchy-le-Preux

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Monchy-le-Preux (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʃi pʁø]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] ten kilometres (six miles) southeast of Arras.

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During the First World War, ten Commonwealth soldiers, from Newfoundland territory while still independent from Canada [4] fought off a German counterattack in April 1917 and kept the village from German occupation.[5]

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