Bruay

There was no doubt a genuine fear that the Boche might try to break through and capture the rest of the mining district round about Béthune and Bruay, and this caused them to take early steps to prevent such a catastrophe, and for some time before we left the St. Elie sector, they had all available labour and material disposed strengthening the defences behind the line as far back as

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

Passing through Bruay we arrived a few miles behind the battle front on the morning of the assault, which was delivered at an early hour, and soon the news came back that, so far, everything was going well; the village of Loos had already fallen into our hands.

Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery C. A. Rose

We were relieved the next day and marched to a large mining town called Bruay.

Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette R. Lewis

The first assembly was at Bruay, but later more permanent quarters were found at the aerodrome at Hesdigneul.

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

After a month of rest at Bruay, the Battalion left for a training camp where for over a month the Battalion, in conjunction with the remainder of the 2nd Division, trained on ground marked out showing the different communication and main line trenches then held by the

Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette R. Lewis

All those places were abandoned now by black-grimed men who had fled down mine-shafts and galleries with their women and children, and had come up on our side of the lines at Noeux-les-Mines or Bruay or

Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

The next evening found the brigade on the move again, through the mining villages of Marles-les-Mines and Bruay, to a wretched hamlet called Houchin, where the only accommodation provided for the battalion was a field of standing rye ripe for the scythe.

The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) 1914

The brigade transport was in front, and checks were naturally frequent as we retraced our steps through Bruay and Marles, thence on to Burbure, where our guide misled us through a narrow inky lane, in which most of the Brigade lost touch.

The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) 1914

Belgian territory formerly belonging to the diocese, mention may be made of St. Eubertus, an itinerant bishop, martyred at Lille (third century); St. Chrysole, martyr, patron of Comines, and St. Piat, martyr, patron of Tournai and Seclin (end of third century); St. Pherailde, patron of Bruay near Valenciennes (eighth century); the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

I was then confronted by a problem that had not presented itself to me before, and that was, how I was to get back to my home in Bruay, which was about ten miles off.

The Great War As I Saw It Frederick George Scott 1902