Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus

Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus
Coordinates: 49°11′04″N 4°32′39″E / 49.1844°N 4.5442°ECoordinates: 49°11′04″N 4°32′39″E / 49.1844°N 4.5442°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne
Canton	Canton of Suippes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Suippes
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Baptiste Leclere
Area^1	53.12 km^2 (20.51 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	193
• Density	3.6/km^2 (9.4/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	51553 / 51600
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

French armoured Baby Holt experiment at Souain, 9 December 1915.

Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

On 9 December 1915 at Souain, a former battlefield with rough terrain and trenches, and in the presence of General Philippe Pétain, a prototype armoured vehicle motorized with a Baby Holt caterpillar was successfully tested. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Communes of the Marne department

References

1. Landships website
2. Armoured fighting vehicles of the world Duncan Crow 1970 p.68 "On December 9, 1915, the Baby Holt, modified with a mock-up armoured driving position ... was demonstrated on a crosscountry course at Souain"
3. Alain Gougaud L'Aube de la Gloire, Les Autos-Mitrailleuses et les Chars Français pendant la Grande Guerre, 1987, Musée des Blindés, ISBN 2-904255-02-8, p.111