Saint-Aubert, Nord Explained

Saint-Aubert
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Saint-Aubert (59) Nord-France.svg
Arrondissement:Cambrai
Canton:Caudry
Insee:59528
Postal Code:59188
Mayor:Pascal Gérard[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Caudrésis–Catésis
Coordinates:50.2083°N 3.4172°W
Elevation Min M:58
Elevation Max M:97
Area Km2:8.12

Saint-Aubert is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2]

History

Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls spending a night on the brick floor of an abandoned house in St Aubert on 24 October 1918, waking at 5 am to heavy artillery bombardment. He provides a dramatic description of the battle that ensued, with horses carrying guns into battle and men stripped to the waist 'working like demons loading the guns'. He recalled, 'the shells were falling so thick and at such speed that the flash of their bursting seemed to cover the hill with a sheet of fire. It was incredible that anything could survive there.'[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59528-saint-aubert INSEE commune file
  3. Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, pages 79-80