Sailly-le-Sec
Geography
The commune is situated some 13 miles (21 km) east of Amiens, by the banks of the river Somme, on the D233 road.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 223 | — |
1975 | 214 | −0.59% |
1982 | 198 | −1.10% |
1990 | 268 | +3.86% |
1999 | 266 | −0.08% |
2007 | 365 | +4.03% |
2012 | 343 | −1.24% |
2017 | 352 | +0.52% |
Source: INSEE |
History
21 April 1918 - Manfred Von Richthofen, The Red Baron, was finally shot down here.
On the night of August 8–9, 1918, as three Battalions of Doughboys from the 33rd U.S. Infantry Division were joining the Allied offensive during the Battle of Amiens, American war poet Lieut. John Allan Wyeth and Lieut. Thomas J. Cochrane were assigned to deliver sealed orders from Division HQ at Molliens-au-Bois to the Field Headquarters of all three Battalions engaged in the attack. The location of each Battalion was unknown, but they were believed to be along the northern bank of the Somme River, near the village of Sailly-le-Sec. Wyeth would later describe the mission in detail in his six interlinked Chipilly Ridge sonnets.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Omanson (2019), Before the Clangor of the Gun: The First World War Poetry of John Allan Wyeth, pages 36-49.