Brigadier General J V Campbell addressing troops of the 137th Brigade from the Riqueval Bridge over the St. Quentin Canal, 2 October 1918
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About two kilometres to the north is the Riqueval souterrain.
On the 28 August 1914 the French 10th Regiment of Territorial Infantry opposed a German invading force. The French unit was essentially from the local Département, with its depot in St Quentin. Despite a fierce defence, the French line gave and a battalion (1000 men) of the unit was taken prisoner.
The famous picture of the British 137th Brigade, gathered on the canal bank at Riqueval Bridge, for a pep talk after the crossing of the St. Quentin Canal, was taken nearby.
bellenglise, french, pronunciation, bɛlɑ, ɡliz, commune, department, aisne, hauts, france, northern, france, communetown, hall, schoollocation, show, franceshow, hauts, francecoordinates, 9225, 2442, 9225, 2442countryfranceregionhauts, francedepartmentaisnearr. Bellenglise French pronunciation bɛlɑ ɡliz is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts de France in northern France BellengliseCommuneTown hall and schoolLocation of BellengliseBellengliseShow map of FranceBellengliseShow map of Hauts de FranceCoordinates 49 55 21 N 3 14 39 E 49 9225 N 3 2442 E 49 9225 3 2442CountryFranceRegionHauts de FranceDepartmentAisneArrondissementSaint QuentinCantonBohain en VermandoisIntercommunalityPays du VermandoisGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Vincent Duquenne 1 Area16 4 km2 2 5 sq mi Population 2021 2 380 Density59 km2 150 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code02063 02420Elevation77 129 m 253 423 ft avg 88 m or 289 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Sites and monuments 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksGeography editThe village lies close to the N44 in a loop of the St Quentin Canal nine kilometres north of St Quentin nbsp Brigadier General J V Campbell addressing troops of the 137th Brigade from the Riqueval Bridge over the St Quentin Canal 2 October 1918History editAbout two kilometres to the north is the Riqueval souterrain On the 28 August 1914 the French 10th Regiment of Territorial Infantry opposed a German invading force The French unit was essentially from the local Departement with its depot in St Quentin Despite a fierce defence the French line gave and a battalion 1000 men of the unit was taken prisoner The famous picture of the British 137th Brigade gathered on the canal bank at Riqueval Bridge for a pep talk after the crossing of the St Quentin Canal was taken nearby Population editHistorical populationYearPop p a 1968426 1975517 2 80 1982479 1 08 1990441 1 03 1999410 0 81 2007389 0 66 2012383 0 31 2017381 0 10 Source INSEE 3 nbsp Plaque at the entrance to the cemetery It reads French memory Military Square Graves of soldiers who died for France Sites and monuments editThe commune cemetery with its military square just to the left of the entrance where are buried soldiers who died for France See also editCommunes of the Aisne departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 2 December 2020 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEEExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bellenglise Bellenglise on the site of the French National Geographical Institute Belenglise church tower on the Clochers church belfries site nbsp This Saint Quentin arrondissement geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bellenglise amp oldid 1168140911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
