Operation Jericho was a low-level Second World War bombing Attack raid Attack on 18 February 1944 , by Allied aircraft on Amiens Prison in German-occupied France .

A German-held salient from Reims to Amiens had been formed Coming_to_be in 1914 , which menaced communications between Paris and northern France .

Combles lies north-east of Amiens and east of Albert , on the D 20 Rancourt–Guillemont road , south of Bapaume , in the Combles valley a hollow between outcrops of Bazentin Ridge , between Morval to the north , Ginchy to the north-west and Falfemont Farm to the west .

The village of La Boisselle forms Coming_to_be part of the small commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle , located some north-east of Amiens in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France .

Mametz is a village on the D 64 road , about north-east of Amiens and east of Albert .

The village Placing is north-east of Amiens and on the route of the Albert–Péronne light railway .

The Group A tournament Competition was contested Competition in Amiens , France .

The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux ( also Actions of Villers-Bretonneux , after the First Battles of the Somme , 1918 ) took place Process_start from 24 to 27 April 1918 , during the German Spring Offensive to the east of Amiens .

In September 1914 , during the Race to the Sea , the divisions of the German XIV Corps advanced Cause_to_make_progress on the north bank of the Somme westwards towards Albert and Amiens , passing through Martinpuich .

The offensive ended Process_end at Villers-Bretonneux , to the east of the Allied communications centre at Amiens , where the Allies managed Hold to halt Preventing_or_letting the German advance ; the German Army had suffered Bodily_harm many casualties and was unable to maintain supplies to the advancing troops .

The French force consisted of one ship of the line and one frigate , all that remained of Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois ' squadron that had sailed Self_motion for the Indian Ocean in March 1803 during the Peace of Amiens .

Military operations began Process_start in the area in September 1914 during the Race to the Sea , when the divisions of the II Bavarian Corps advanced Self_motion westwards on the north bank of the Somme , passing through Le Sars towards Albert and Amiens .