Saint-Aubert, Nord
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saint-Aubert
|commune status = Commune
|image = Saint aubert nord church.JPG
|caption = The church in Saint-Aubert
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Saint-Aubert (59) Nord-France.svg
|arrondissement = Cambrai
|canton = Caudry
|INSEE = 59528
|postal code = 59188
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Caudrésis–Catésis
|coordinates = {{coord|50.2083|3.4172|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m =
|elevation min m = 58
|elevation max m = 97
|area km2 = 8.12
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Saint-Aubert ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃t‿obɛʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Saint-Aubert.wav}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59528-saint-aubert INSEE commune file]
History
Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls spending a night on the brick floor of an abandoned house in St Aubert on 24 October 1918, waking at 5 am to heavy artillery bombardment. He provides a dramatic description of the battle that ensued, with horses carrying guns into battle and men stripped to the waist 'working like demons loading the guns'. He recalled, 'the shells were falling so thick and at such speed that the flash of their bursting seemed to cover the hill with a sheet of fire. It was incredible that anything could survive there.'Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, pages 79-80
Heraldry
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| img1=Blason de la ville de Saint-Aubert (59) Nord-France.svg
| legend1=Arms of Saint-Aubert
| text=The arms of Saint-Aubert are blazoned :
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See also
References
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