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Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Location of Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Map
LandFrankreich
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentMarne
ArrondissementArrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne
CantonCanton of Suippes
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de la Région de Suippes
Regierung
 • MayorJean-Baptiste Leclere
Area
1
53.12 km2 (20.51 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
193
 • Density3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
51553 /51600
Elevation137 m (449 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
French armoured Baby Holt experiment at Souain, 9 December 1915.

Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

On 9 December 1915 at Souain, a former battlefield with rough terrain and trenches, and in the presence of General Philippe Pétain, a prototype armoured vehicle motorized with a Baby Holt caterpillar was successfully tested.[1][2][3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lanships
  2. ^ Armoured fighting vehicles of the world‎ Duncan Crow 1970 p.68 "On December 9, 1915, the Baby Holt, modified with a mock-up armoured driving position ... was demonstrated on a crosscountry course at Souain"
  3. ^ Gougaud, p.111

References

  • Alain Gougaud L'Aube de la Gloire, Les Autos-Mitrailleuses et les Chars Français pendant la Grande Guerre, 1987, Musée des Blindés, ISBN 2904255028