Beaumetz-les-Cambrai

	Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1 was formed as a result of casualties among the 25th and 51st (Highland) Divisions when they were overwhelmed by the great German attack in March 1918. The savagery of the fighting can be judged from the many mass graves in the plot. The photographer is standing next to the main N30 Bapaume-Cambrai road, looking towards the South-East, on a December morning. The visitor can appreciate from here the wide-open vistas of the rolling country around Cambrai.
	257 British soldiers lie in this cemetery.
	Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery was begun by units in the area soon after it was captured in February 1917. It was in use until overrun by the enemy's advance. The Germans knew it as No. 6 (English Military) Cemetery. Further burials took place here in September and October 1918, when the village was again in British hands. After the Armistice graves of 1917-18 were brought in from the surrounding battlefields; the body of one United States soldier was removed to another cemetery and now more than 250 British soldiers lie here.