Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
The belfry, entrance to the Boucher-de-Perthes Museum [fr]
Abbeville railway station (1905 postcard)
Certificate of the 'Soc. Établie pour l'Exploitation de l'Ancienne Manufacture Royale de Draps Fins d'Abbeville' from 2 January 1855, a successor of the Manufacture Royal.
Miniature de saint Matthieu, St. Riquier Gospels, municipal library
The Battle of Abbeville took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940, near Abbeville during the Battle of France in the Second World War. On 20 May, the 2nd Panzer Division advanced 56 mi to Abbeville on the
Abbeville
…was taken by the Germans from the 2nd Panzer Division of Generalmajor Rudolf Veiel, also on 20 May 1940. There was another counter-attack with the Battle of Abbeville. After Laon (24 May), de Gaulle was promoted to temporary general: "On 28 May (...) the 4th DCR attacked twice to destroy a pocket captured by the enemy…
Photograph from the south of Mont Caubert in 2009