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Description: | French officer served as artillery observer with French Army on Western Front, 1916
REEL 1 Recollections of period as officer with French Artillery in Verdun area, France, 2/1916-4/1916: arrival, 16/2/1916; awareness of German registration of artillery; move into gun positions near Fort Douamont; effects of German preliminary bombardment; role as forward observation officer; state of morale; move into gun positions near Fort Douamont; role as forward observation officer; view of German attack; situation on move; rapid firing during German attack and consequent gun misfires from overheating; story illustrating fatigue; recreations during rest periods; German troops drinking prior to attack. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lacorne, Henri | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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