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Day 4 #MichaelMooch : Our final two stops for the day and @flndrsfootsteps takes us to “The Highwater Mark” near Villers Bretonneux and then near Maricourt, @WilliamRevels10 describes the action faced by the 35th Division near Machine Gun Wood
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Day 4 #MichaelMooch : Post lunch, the 21st Div journey in March 1918 continues via Nurlu, Liéremont, Templeux-la-Fosse and ends at Morlancourt
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Day 4 #MichaelMooch : We begin the epic 12 Stop route just outside the town of Épehy. The tour planned by Andy Hinks but delivered by @flndrsfootsteps, gives us an unexpected highlight at Stop 3, when we are invited into a local resident’s garden #FWW #Operation #OperationMichael

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Day 4 #MichaelMooch : Another hot day on the Somme predicted. En route to Épehy where @flndrsfootsteps will lead us through the 21stDiv retreat #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 3 #MichaelMooch : late pm regroup with 47 Div at Hot Cross Roads & Bazentin Wood, before final fierce fighting at Contalmaison & crossing the Ancre to relative safety at Aveluy/ Bouzincourt. The Germans came no farther. End of an epic 25+ mile journey! #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 3 #MichaelMooch : afternoon begins at CWGC Rocquigny-Equancourt Rd, a great vantage point for events involving 140 & 142 Bdes around Lechelle & Vallulart Wood, then through Ytres & Bus, & onto Rocquigny and Lesboeufs, as 47 Div’s withdrawal hastens. #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 3 #MichaelMooch : Shout out to “Le Bariton’ in Gouzecourt , our morning drinks stop; much appreciated #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 3 #MichaelMooch : Morning spent at 3 sites around Villers-Plouich , then Gouzecourt & Metz-en-Couture. Only one “Route Barrée” to interrupt the tour #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 3 #MichaelMooch : 30 degrees expected today and we set off early to track 47th London Div’s March 1918 fighting withdrawal of some 25 miles, from Villers Plouich to Auveluy, over six days. Led by @parhistory #FWW #OperationMichael

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@cheshire1418 passed by three of your chaps at Grévillers this afternoon while listening to @bj13johnson1 talk about the high numbers of casualties dealt with at the 29th Casualty Clearing Station there. #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 2 #MichaelMooch : Post lunch we visit @CWGC Cemetery Grévillers for @bj13johnson1 on 3rd Army Medical Services followed by a stop near Castres with Chris Owen on 36th (Ulster) Div.

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Day 2 #MichaelMooch : Final session of this very hot day on the Somme we progress via road obstructions to Ham. @flndrsfootsteps leading us through “Crossing the Somme” #FWW #OperationMichael

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Day 2 #MichaelMooch : For the morning itinerary we arrive just east of Borsies for @WilliamRevels10 on the German strategy for 1918 and then onto Lagnicourt-Marcel to hear about 6th Division defensive preparations #FWW #OperationMichael #ThirdArmy

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Day 2 #MichaelMooch : and we’re off. Currently on a rather circuitous route to Borsies. More later #FWW #MysteryTour

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@cheshire1418 @CWGC @bj13johnson1 Thank you for the additional information.

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Day 1 #MichaelMooch : @CWGC Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension. Remembering @bj13johnson1 ‘s great uncle Ernest Cox, 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died aged 21, on 23rd May 1916. @cheshire1418 #FWW