ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 52 [Main]

The location is a town behind the Western Front. The conscripts, still in civilian clothes, march forward with US soldiers to lay wreaths on the graves of French and US soldiers.Outside the cathedral the life-sized eleventh century statue "Maison des Musiciens" is secured in a wooden frame and lifted from its wall niche by block and tackle. The stained glass is removed from the cathedral windows, …