Amiens Before and During the War

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On the right bank, from the Somme to the lateral canal, which describes a large semi-circle between the “ports d’Amont et d’Aval,” lies old Amiens or the lower town, with its narrow winding streets, wooden houses, workshops and factories, situated between the many arms of the river.

This quarter is dominated by the ancient citadel, and prolonged by the new suburbs of St. Maurice and St. Pierre, where the working population of the spinning mills and factories lives.

AMIENS DURING THE WAR

Twice during the War, the strategical importance of Amiens caused it to become the objective of the German armies.

How the Germans occupied Amiens in 1914

After the battle of Charleroi, and in consequence of von Kluck’s manifest intention to outflank the left wing of the retreating Allies, Amiens became threatened.