{"id":4602,"date":"2026-09-25T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:19:21","slug":"9-avril-2027-110eme-anniversaire-de-la-bataille-darras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/en\/9-avril-2027-110eme-anniversaire-de-la-bataille-darras\/","title":{"rendered":"9th of April 2027, 110th anniversary of the Battle of Arras"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>\n\n    function background() {\n        var desktopbg = \"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/C\u201ar\u201amonie-du-Lever-du-Jour-\u00b8-Cituation-et-Ensemble-scaled.jpg\";  \n        var mobilebg = \"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/538468_e7c827a6c23c4459bc803530eae08051_mv2.jpeg\";\n\n        document.write(\"<style> .headerarticle{ background-image : url('\"+ desktopbg +\"') } @media (max-width: 700px), screen and (orientation: portrait) { .headerarticle{ background-image : url('\"+ mobilebg +\"') !important}} <\/style>\"); \n\t}\n    background()\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-32885750\" id=\"Une_base_militaire_secr\u00e8te__m\u00e8tres_sous_terre\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong><strong>2027: Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of the Battle of Arras<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"uagb-desc-text\">In 2027, the city of Arras, the Arras Urban Community and Arras Pays d\u2019Artois Tourisme invite you to experience an exceptional year marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Arras. Ceremonies, sporting, cultural and musical events, exhibitions and new memorial sites dedicated to the memory of those who came from all over the world and were present in Arras in the spring of 1917.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-none uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-10 align uagb-block-35a1acf4 uagb-columns__columns-2 uagb-columns__max_width-theme\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-b1d47b66\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ceremonie-du-lever-du-jour-2026.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 CUA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-f2417e12\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">This anniversary will serve as a reminder of <strong>the international dimension of the battle<\/strong>, which brought together soldiers from Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, among other countries. Many crossed the oceans to join the trenches, while miners and industrial workers put their expertise to work in a war fought deep beneath the ground. <strong>2027 will therefore be a year of remembrance and the passing on of knowledge<\/strong>, offering an opportunity to deepen our understanding of a region shaped by the First World War and to honour all those who played a part in its liberation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-7-color has-text-color\" id=\"Une_exploitation_des_carri\u00e8res_de_craie_\u00e0_partir_du_Xe_si\u00e8cle\">More than a century ago, the fate of Arras was changed forever.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color\"><strong>April 1917: men from across the world fight in Artois<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">After nearly three years of fighting, the front had become firmly established in Artois. The city of Arras, located in the immediate vicinity of the German lines, was a major strategic position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">In the spring of 1917, Allied forces prepared a major offensive aimed at breaking through the German front. The Arras Offensive was intended to enable British troops to advance east of the city and capture German positions.<br>On 9 April 1917, at 5:30 a.m., thousands of soldiers launched their assault along a 20-kilometre front, under the cover of artillery fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">From Vimy to Bullecourt, through Arras and the villages of Artois, the fighting quickly became extremely fierce. The men advanced through a landscape devastated by shelling, making their way through the mud while facing machine guns, barbed wire and heavily fortified German positions.<br>The offensive brought together soldiers from many parts of the British Empire. British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand troops, as well as soldiers from other territories, fought side by side. This diversity gave the Battle of Arras a profoundly international dimension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:56%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/British-a\u0300-Arras-05_1917.jpg\" alt=\"@IWM\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5625;object-fit:cover;object-position:78% 53%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/British-a\u0300-Arras-05_1917.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/British-a\u0300-Arras-05_1917-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/British-a\u0300-Arras-05_1917-768x612.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9IWM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"Dans_les_ann\u00e9es__les_arch\u00e9ologues_r\u00e9v\u00e8lent_une_histoire_oubli\u00e9e\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-7-color has-text-color\" style=\"text-transform:none\">An army hidden beneath the streets of Arras<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\t\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AMPH-A56455-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soldats britanniques dans les souterrains\" style=\"width : 100% ; height : 400px; object-fit : cover; margin : 15px 0;\"> \n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"  style=\"max-width: 300px\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"  itemprop=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"media-credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">\u00a9Fonds documentaire Alain Jacques<\/span>\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">But preparations for the offensive did not take place solely above ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Beneath the city, the ancient chalk quarries, worked since the Middle Ages, offered a unique opportunity. From 1916 onwards, New Zealand tunnellers gradually transformed these quarries into a vast underground military network. The galleries were connected, adapted and equipped to accommodate thousands of soldiers.<br>On the morning of 9th April 1917, nearly 20,000 men were assembled beneath Arras before making their way to their starting positions. For several days, some lived in this underground environment, awaiting the launch of the offensive. In the darkness of the quarries, they left inscriptions on the walls \u2014 names, drawings and messages that still bear witness to their presence today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">When the men emerged from the quarries on the morning of 9 April, they were confronted with a battlefield transformed by bombardment.<br>The Battle of Arras had begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-1966b900 alignwide uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8aa89911\">\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4619\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5625034976223034;width:460px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image1-edited-1.jpg 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"media-credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">IWM<\/span> \u00a9IWM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-95c531f6\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color\"><strong>From the Pacific to the Underground of Arras: The Men of Oceania<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Among these soldiers, the contingents from the Pacific hold a special place in the memory of the battle. As we approach the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Arras, their stories and their presence in the Artois region will be brought to light.<br> \u2022 <strong>The New Zealand tunnellers<\/strong> : expertise in underground warfare.<br>Drawn largely from mining and quarrying backgrounds, these men put their experience to work in developing Arras\u2019s underground network. Working alongside British and New Zealand soldiers, they connected the old quarries and installed the facilities needed to accommodate and move troops ahead of the offensive.<br> \u2022 <strong>The M\u0101ori pioneers<\/strong> : soldiers from Aotearoa.\nFrom December 1916, 43 M\u0101ori soldiers spent several weeks working in the Arras quarries alongside the New Zealand tunnellers. Their unit was assigned a range of construction and fitting-out tasks essential to military operations.<br> \u2022 <strong>The sappers from the Cook Islands <\/strong>: Integrated into the New Zealand forces, these men left their islands to take part in the work required to keep the front operational, often in difficult conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color\"><strong>2027: Key Events<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\"><strong>From 3rd April, the Lion of Arras will roar once again <\/strong>: returning to its place atop the belfry after twenty months away for restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 <strong>4th April \u2013 Trail des Braves<\/strong> a long-distance race (40 km) and a shorter route (20 km), with two starting points: Vimy and Neuville-Saint-Vaast. Participation will be symbolically limited to 3,590 runners, matching the exact number of Canadian soldiers killed on 9 April 1917 alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022<strong> 9th April \u2013 Dawn ceremony <\/strong>held in front of the Carri\u00e8re Wellington Memorial Wall. Letters written by soldiers, testimonies from descendants of New Zealand tunnellers and music will pay tribute to British and Commonwealth soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 <strong>15th \u2013 16th May \u2013 United Pipers for Peace <\/strong>: on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May 2027, 400 pipers will come together for a spectacular concert and a large parade through the streets of Arras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/@Eric-Compernolle-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"media-credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">Eric Compernolle<\/span> \u00a9Eric Compernolle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color\"><strong>Memorial Park of the Battle of Arras<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Perspective-parc-memoriel-1024x426.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Perspective-parc-memoriel-1024x426.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Perspective-parc-memoriel-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Perspective-parc-memoriel-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Perspective-parc-memoriel-18x7.png 18w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Perspective-parc-memoriel.png 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"media-credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">Urbafolia<\/span> \u00a9Urbafolia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">A new memorial park will be created at Carri\u00e8re Wellington, offering a place for reflection and remembrance. Its gardens, inspired by the landscapes of New Zealand and featuring cordylines, tree ferns and phormiums, will evoke the homeland of the men who came to serve in the Artois region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Through three new memorials, the park will pay tribute to the work of the New Zealand tunnellers, who spent six months developing the underground network that provided shelter for 24,000 soldiers ahead of the assault on 9 April 1917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 The <strong>New Zealand Tunnelling Company Memorial<\/strong>, designed by sculptor <em>Nicholas Brumder<\/em> and modelled on the Waihi Memorial in New Zealand, honours the men of the company and the expertise they brought to underground warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 The <strong>Waka Maumahara<\/strong>, created by <em>New Zealand Maori Arts and Craft School<\/em> in Rotorua, pays tribute to the 43 M\u0101ori pioneers from Aotearoa who worked alongside the tunnellers on the construction and development of the quarries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 The <strong>Pacific Soldiers Memorial<\/strong>, a shell-shaped sculpture created by artist <em>Michel Tuffery<\/em>, is dedicated to the sappers from the Cook Islands. It was inspired by a shell discovered in the Arras quarries at the foot of graffiti bearing the name of a Cook Islands soldier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Monuments-parc-memoriel.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Monuments-parc-memoriel.png 917w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Monuments-parc-memoriel-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Monuments-parc-memoriel-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Monuments-parc-memoriel-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carrierewellington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DSC_0048-edited-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9United Peace of Pippers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color\"><strong>Plan Your Visit to Arras for the 2027 Commemorations<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Do not miss this important moment of remembrance. Arras and the Artois region look forward to welcoming you in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 Be among the first to receive updates : <a href=\"https:\/\/arras.fr\/110ans-bataille-arras\">arras.fr\/110ans-bataille-arras<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Sign up for our newsletter to receive essential information and practical tips to help you plan your visit for the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Arras : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arraspaysdartois.com\">www.arraspaysdartois.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">\u2022 Planning a group visit? Our destination experts are on hand to help you design your own heritage and remembrance itinerary in the Artois region. 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