ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 24 [Main]

The "Deuxième Bataille Offensive de Verdun" opens with a bombardment. A 145mm naval gun firing under tarpaulin, showing its loading mechanism clearly. Other guns join in - a 155mm heavy howitzer, a 75mm field gun and a 155mm gun. Troops of 126th Division cross the Canal d'Est (probably) near the Côte de Talou by a footbridge and move on through the wooded distance (possibly the Bois France Boche n…