In the meantime , the governments of Normandy and Picardy were vacated Escaping by the deaths Death of Joyeuse and Condé .

Guise demanded Request Normandy for himself , and Picardy for his kinsman Aumale .

France raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its Vigipirate terror alert and deployed Arranging soldiers in Île-de-France and Picardy .

The term describes Communication reciprocal attempts by the Franco-British and German armies to envelop the northern flank of the opposing army through the provinces of Picardy , Artois and Flanders , rather than an attempt to advance northwards to the sea .

The action was therefore officially named Name_conferral by the British Battles Nomenclature Committee as `` The First Battles of the Somme , 1918 '' , whilst the French call it the `` Second Battle of Picardy '' ( ) .