Hancourt
# Hancourt

Hancourt (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

## Geography

Hancourt is situated on the D15 and D194 crossroads, some 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Saint-Quentin.

## History

Hancourt was the French village to which the 22 survivors of the 2/4th Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry retreated in spring 1918, after the Battalion was virtually wiped out in action on the Western Front.

