The Offensives of 1915: Forgotten Battlefields of WW1

Tour Includes

4 nights' accommodation with continental breakfast
Specialist Battlefield Guide
Battlefield visits as described
Convenient local joining points
Travel by Silver Service coach

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Local departure by coach, then to the Reims area for a two-night stay.

We start in the Battlefields of the Champagne, seeing the newly renovated Fort La Pompelle, and then look at the story of the Russian volunteers who fought for France. At Suippes we see where the French fought for Navarin Farm in September 1915, visiting the impressive memorial surrounded by trenches and shell-holes, then see a newly-preserved system of trenches, dugouts and an aid post which was part of the front line in 1915; one of the most amazing and impressive trench systems on the whole Western Front today.

Includes Breakfast

We depart Reims and head for northern France for a two-night stay. Here we look at the story of 'The Labyrinth' at La Targette, seeing the massive German cemetery, before taking lunch in Arras. In the afternoon we visit the ridge at Notre Dame de Lorette taken by the French in May 1915, seeing the General Barbot Memorial as well as the new WW1 Memorial on the ridge and visit the Trench Museum.

Includes Breakfast

We travel along the British sector, starting at Neuve-Chapelle where the first British attacks took place in March 1915, then look at the fighting for Aubers Ridge in May, seeing Le Touret Memorial to the Missing. After lunch in Bethune we look at the Battle of Loos, seeing the Hohenzollern Redoubt battlefield and visit Dud Corner British Cemetery and the Loos Memorial.

Includes Breakfast

To Calais then return home.

Includes Breakfast

Prices are per person, based on two sharing.

Extras: optional excursions; entrance fees to museums and places of interest; single room supplement £80; travel insurance from £34.95.

Accommodation

You will stay for two nights at the 3-star Ibis Reims Tinqueux, followed by two nights at the 3-star Mercure Lille Airport. Both hotels have a bar and all bedrooms will have T.V. and telephone.