Bois-le-Prêtre fighting
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The Croix des Carmes
Bois-le-Prêtre fighting (literally Priest's Wood, Priesterwald in German) was a World War I theater of operation between September 1914 and July 1915, involving the French 73 and 128th Infantry Division (the Wolves of Bois-le-Prêtre) and the German 121st Infantry Division.
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Situation
The Bois le Prêtre is a Lorraine forest, at the northwest of the town of Pont-a-Mousson near the Moselle River.
In 1914 German troops want to conquer Verdun fortifications which are a strong point inside the French defenses lines.
Facts
- The villages of Regniéville, Remenauville and Fey-en-Haye were totally destroyed.
- Bois-le-Pretre was one of the first mission of the volunteer American Ambulance's Field Service
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German cemetery (Thiaucourt-Regniéville)
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French Le Pétant cemetery (Montauville)
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See also
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External links
- http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Poilu/Pretre_01.htm
- http://jmpicquart.pagesperso-orange.fr/ambtextGB.htm
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