Irles () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Irles is situated on the D163 road, some south of Arras, near the border with the département of the Pas-de-Calais.

History

Irles was the site of an action by the 1st Royal West Kent Regiment and the 12th Gloucestershire Regiment on 23 August 1918 during the Second Battle of Bapaume.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• Major CV Maloney, '"Invicta": with the 1st Battalion the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in the Great War', London: Nisbet & Co, 1923.