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Le Cateau Communal Cemetery

Also known as Cimetière communal de Le Cateau

Le Cateau-Cambresis, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

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    Coordinates: 50.10192, 3.54848
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Le Cateau and the country to the west were the scene of a battle fought by II Corps of the BEF on 26 August 1914 against a greatly superior German force. While technically a defeat for the BEF, the rear-guard action disrupted the German timetable for their "Schlieffen Plan," and the delay prevented a rout of the Allied armies by the Germans. A monument has been erected 1 kilometre South-West of the town, near the road to Reumont, to commemorate the engagement. The town of Le Cateau remained in German hands from 26 August until the evening of 10 October 1918, when it was rushed by the 5th Connaught Rangers, but not cleared until a week later. Le Cateau had been a German railhead and an important hospital centre, and during its occupation Le Cateau Communal Cemetery was used by the Germans for burying British dead of August and September, 1914 (70 of whom lie in the large grave in Plot III), and by the British forces in the last three months of 1918. There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a third are unidentified. The German graves, 65 in number, were removed in 1922.
Le Cateau and the country to the west were the scene of a battle fought by II Corps of the BEF on 26 August 1914 against a greatly superior German force. While technically a defeat for the BEF, the rear-guard action disrupted the German timetable for their "Schlieffen Plan," and the delay prevented a rout of the Allied armies by the Germans. A monument has been erected 1 kilometre South-West of the town, near the road to Reumont, to commemorate the engagement. The town of Le Cateau remained in German hands from 26 August until the evening of 10 October 1918, when it was rushed by the 5th Connaught Rangers, but not cleared until a week later. Le Cateau had been a German railhead and an important hospital centre, and during its occupation Le Cateau Communal Cemetery was used by the Germans for burying British dead of August and September, 1914 (70 of whom lie in the large grave in Plot III), and by the British forces in the last three months of 1918. There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a third are unidentified. The German graves, 65 in number, were removed in 1922.

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  • Added: 12 Nov 2005
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2158060