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Cambrai - Cambrai
Tourism
To mark the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai, the Cambrésis Tourist Office is organising guided tours entitled "rediscovering the tank routes", in partnership with the Cambrai Town Council Heritage department. From the
20th of November to the 6th of December 1917, Le Cambrésis was the scene of a battle which marked both the history of the First World War and progress in military tactics: the Battle of Cambrai, initiated by the British
command.
For any information on the following events, please contact Cambrésis tourist office
on
Cambrai welcomes the Royal Tank Régiment
Vip visit from the 16th to the 23rd november 2007. For over 3 hours, visit the battlefield of the first great tank battle in modern history.
A guide-lecturer will drive you through the countryside to the event's major sites of interest
vehicle capacity – 8 passengers. Tea-break and visit booklet included.
Typical visit on the 24th and 25th of November 2007. Bus tour with a route similar to the "VIP" visit.
Saturday 24th: departure at 2pm from the Town Hall, Sunday 25th: departures at 9am and 2pm from the Town Hall.
Compulsory advanced booking at the Office de Tourisme du Cambrésis at least 48 hours prior to the visit.
Subject to change depending on weather conditions and booking numbers. Cost per person: €10.
www.tourisme-cambresis.fr
Flesquières inaugural ceremony
Inaugural Ceremony of the monument dedicated to Nations "for all those fought in Cambrai during the Great War"
Saturday, November 24th - 12:00 a.m.
Flesquières stands right in the midst of what was the battlefield. There could not be a better place to honour the memory of the men who fought, who suffered or who died during the first World War in the District of
Cambrai. Exhibition, the battle of Cambrai from 10th to 29th November. Cambrai Town hall
Book your stay in Cambrai
Mr. Phillipe Gorczynski, the proud owner of the Hotel Béatus in Cambrai is very pleased to welcome the English to his property and will talk passionately about the world wars, a subject close to his heart. From 55 £ for one night and a channel crossing with car. To book:
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Dates For Your Diary
- 20th November 6:30 p.m. - at Flesquières Hill British
Cemetery. Flowers will be placed on the British graves by the members of the Town Council and the Tank of Flesquières Society with The Somme Battlefield Pipe Band Society.
- 24th and 25th of November - A tour of the model tank Mk. IV will be done by the Lincoln Tank Group
- Saturday 24th November -
- 9:00 a.m. - Cambrai TheaterLecture (in
english)
- 12:00 a.m. - Flesquières ridgeInaugural Ceremony of the Monument of Nations
and the viewpoint indicator
- Visit of the Flesquières Tank
- 2:00 p.m. - Cambrai Liberty Stadium
- Football match involving two British teams
- 6:15 p.m. - Cambrai (Main square) Historial recalling of the Battle of Cambrai
Son et Lumière Show
- Sunday 25th November
- 11:00 a.m. - Cambrai (Main square)
Military Parade Flowers will be placed on Victory Monument
Visit of the exhibition White lounge and Reception room of the Town Hall
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