Marcoing

In the winter of 1917 he found himself in the front line at Marcoing near Cambrai, and on 30 December was ordered to advance from the front-line trenches across open ground with eighty fellow soldiers.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

In the winter of 1917 he found himself in the front line at Marcoing near Cambrai, and on 30 December was ordered to advance from the front-line trenches across open ground with eighty fellow soldiers.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

He turned and retreated, but a swarm of grey figures had taken Rues Vertes and were consolidating their positions in what constituted a direct menace to both the 88th Brigade at Marcoing and the other two (89th and 87th) holding on against the onslaught on a line stretching from Masnières to

Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq

Line, capturing Ribécourt and Premy Chapel Ridge -- first company into Marcoing -- over 1,100 prisoners and 23 guns.

A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Thomas Owen Marden

Away by the narrow bridge above Marcoing one living and three dead machine gunners were lying in a mangled heap.

Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq

From Marcoing the 88th Brigade formed a line running towards Masnières, and with the dull, wicked bayonet went out to meet the grey forces.

Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq

On 2nd December the 16th Infantry Brigade was withdrawn and ordered to relieve 87th Infantry Brigade (29th Division), which had been having stiff fighting across and astride the canal east of Marcoing.

A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Thomas Owen Marden

Division and the left of the 20th Division, was charged with securing the crossings of the St. Quentin Canal at Marcoing and Masnières and seizing the high ground at Rumilly, thus facilitating exploitation to the south-east, preventing a concentration against the widely stretched defensive flanks of the III Corps and threatening Cambrai.

A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Thomas Owen Marden

A company of the 9th Suffolk Regiment successfully carried out its mission of advancing without artillery or tank support, and capturing the bridge at Marcoing.

A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Thomas Owen Marden

Marcoing was strewn with the pitiful remnants of lost bundles, which, unable to carry further, sobbing women had cast down by the wayside.

Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq