Treux

Treux is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Treux is situated 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Amiens, on the D120 road and on the banks of the Ancre.

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Étreux

Étreux is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

History

The first major engagement of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War in August 1914, resulted in what became known as the Great Retreat during the Battle of Mons, in the course of which a strategic rearguard action was called for in order to allow the BEF to escape.

Tasked with holding their ground under all circumstances, the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers, in their very first action in France, achieved a military feat seldom paralleled in modern warfare. A brigade may occasionally have the task of trying to delay a whole enemy division. A division may perhaps be deployed in an attempt to turn aside or halt an advancing army corps - but for a single battalion to stem the advance of an entire army by their sole action was unprecedented. In fact, less than a battalion strength, just 3 companies of the 2nd. Battalion of The Munsters halted the advance of the German Army for fourteen hours in the area of Oisny & Étreux during the retreat from Mons on August 27, thus enabling the rest of the British Army to withdraw to a safe distance of twelve miles.