| Vendegies-sur-Écaillon | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Vendegies-sur-Écaillon.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Cambrai |
| Canton: | Caudry |
| Insee: | 59608 |
| Postal Code: | 59213 |
| Mayor: | Jean Faure[1] |
| Term: | 2021 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Pays Solesmois |
| Coordinates: | 50.2628°N 3.5122°W |
| Elevation M: | 54 |
| Elevation Min M: | 44 |
| Elevation Max M: | 102 |
| Area Km2: | 6.57 |
Vendegies-sur-Écaillon (in French pronounced as /vɑ̃d(ə)ʒi syʁ ekajɔ̃/) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2]
In his memoir of World War I, A S Bullock recalls the night of 24 October 1918 when he was among the reserves helping the Gloucestershire Regiment in a final push against the Germans at Vendegies-sur-Écaillon. He notes that although 'maps were scarce',[3] he managed not only to obtain one but to retain it after the war, complete with mud from the battlefield.[4]
Bullock recalls marching on from Vendegies-sur-Écaillon to Sepmeries, where on 27 October he narrowly escaped death at a spot in square Q12 of this same map.