Rossignol Wood (

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''Bois de Rossignol'', or "

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Wood") is a forest northeast of

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. It is the site of a small

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cemetery.

Village

''Bois de Rossignol'' is also a small village known for ''Le Petit Chancon'', a small tavern rated in one undated ''

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'' with three crossed spoons and forks, and one star. The tavern was mentioned in

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's story "The Michelin Man" in his autobiographical book '' The Picnic And Suchlike Pandemonium''.

References

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission site
* http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/gommecourt.html * {{coord, 50.1296, N, 2.6655, E, source:wikidata, display=title World War I cemeteries in France Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France