6/27/2023 0 Comments Battle of verdunAbove all we have helped the French immensely by relieving the pressure on Verdun’. will smash him in his deep dug outs… Anyhow we have shown the Bosche that we can rush his line on a wide front and I think we shall penetrate the second line if the ammunition holds out. ![]() Approaching the front, soldiers first noticed the sky which was an unchanging smoky grey, animated at night by fantastic writhing tongues of orange, yellow, red and icy white thrown up by the virtually unceasing artillery. The battlefield was surrealistic in its horrors. We are going to beat the Germans by heavy howitzers and trench mortars as they. The battle of Verdun was to sear the memories of all who had fought there. I was promised 200 of these but have only received 25. We are not too well off for ammunition for our heavy howitzers and we require more heavy trench mortars, which have performed invaluable service to the French in this attack. The Germans fired two million shells in the opening eight-hour bombardment, and tens of. Verdun became one of the longest and costly. Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One. His idea was to strike a fatal blow at the. This week marks the centennial of the Battle of Verdun, which began February 21st, 1916, and ran for 303 days. It speaks well of the courage of the New Armies, but had they had more time to devote to training they would have been able to hold on to many points from which they were driven by a few enterprising German machine-gunners. The battle was designed in December 1915 by the enigmatic Erich von Falkenhayn, the German armys chief of staff. 29 Brigades (about 100,000 men) were taking part in the first assault the percentage is not so high… I cannot speak too highly of the spirit and self-sacrifice of the rank and file. ‘The casualties have of course been heavy and the figures look large, but when one considers that.
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