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Néry
NéryAdministration Country France Region Picardy Department Oise Arrondissement Senlis Canton Crépy-en-Valois Intercommunality Communauté de Communes de la Basse Automne Mayor Claude Picart
(2001–2008)Statistics Elevation 37–154 m (121–505 ft)
(avg. 101 m/331 ft)Land area1 16.34 km2 (6.31 sq mi) Population2 677 (1999) - Density 41 /km2 (110 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 60447/ 60320 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 49°16′56″N 2°46′45″E / 49.2822222222°N 2.77916666667°E
Néry is a small village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.[1]. The commune includes the hamlets of Huleux, Vaucelles and Verrines. The Church of Saint-Martin in Néry dates from 1140 with later additions. The Manoir de Huleux was built in 1550[2]. In 719 AD, Néry was the scene of a battle in which Charles Martel defeated the Neustrians. At the start of World War I in 1914, a delaying action was fought in the village by part of the British Expeditionary Force.
The Affair at Néry
Main article: Action at Néry
The Néry Gun at the Imperial War Museum, London At dawn on 1st September 1914, the British 1st Cavalry Brigade and L Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery who had bivouaced at Néry, were surprised by the advancing German 4th Cavalry Division. The German attack was supported by 12 guns which devastated the British battery. However a single 13 pounder gun was kept firing, and together with the rifles and machine-guns of the Queen's Bays[3], held off the Germans long enough for elements of the 1st and 4th Cavalry Brigade to counter attack and drive away the attackers in disorder. The German division was withdrawn to the reserve corps; there were 135 British casualties[4]. Three Victoria Crosses were awarded to L Battery (Edward Kinder Bradbury, George Thomas Dorrell and David Nelson), and the "Néry Gun" is preserved in the Imperial War Museum[5].
See also
References
- ^ http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp
- ^ http://www.cc-ba.com/nery/decouverte.htm
- ^ http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/WW-One-Part-1-118.php
- ^ Mons 1914: the BEF's Tactical Triumph by David Lomas and Ed Dovey, Osprey Publishing, 1997 pp. 83-85.
- ^ http://www.lneryoca.org.uk/page_322793.html
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