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====Memorial heritage==== The German military cemetery of the ''Route de Solesmes'' and Cambrai East Military Cemetery: The cemetery and the ''Route de Solesmes'' was created by the German army in March 1917. Occupied since 1914, Cambrai was an important centre of command, logistics and health for the occupant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheminsdememoire-nordpasdecalais.fr/visiter-les-sites/le-front/cimetiere-militaire-allemand-de-la-route-de-solesme-et-cambrai-east-military-cemetery.html|title=Chemins de mémoire de la Grande Guerre en Nord-Pas-de-Calais}}</ref> The cemetery was opened to accommodate the bodies of soldiers who died in hospitals in the city, including at the end of the [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Battle of Arras]] (April–May 1917) and the [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] (November–December 1917). The cemetery currently has 10,685 German graves, as well as those of 192 Russian prisoners of war and six Romanians.<ref>[[German War Graves Commission]]</ref> Two spaces, forming the Cambrai East Military Cemetery, contain the graves of 501 soldiers of the British Imperial Army.<ref>[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]</ref>
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