It is a huge triumphal arch on the main road as you come into the city, and in that arch is engraved the names of some 35,000 Allied soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme, and are buried in unmarked graves.
Les noms des quelque 35 000 soldats alliés morts durant les batailles de la Somme et enterrés dans des tombes anonymes y sont gravés.