Bapaume, a French town, department of Pas-de-Calais, 12 miles S. of Arras. Here, on the 2d and 3d January 1871, took place two bloody struggles between the French army of the north and the Prussian 'army of observation'; the French were defeated, with a loss of over 2000. Pop. 3190.
Bapaume
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 721
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