- Les
Éparges (French pronunciation: [le.z‿epaʁʒ]) is a
commune in the
Meuse department in
Grand Est in north-eastern France. A
ridge to the east of the...
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Hauts de
Meuse and in
particular the
ridge at Les
Éparges . In the 1914-1918 war, the
ridge at Les
Éparges at 346
meters high was to
serve as a counterpoint...
- The area near St.
Mihiel suffered much fighting: The Crête des
Éparges (Les
Éparges crest): February–April 1915. At the Bois d'Ailly (Ailly Wood) and...
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General of
Division in 1914, he
distinguished himself at the
Battle of Les
Éparges (1915) and pla**** an
important role in the
Battle of
Verdun (1916). He...
- he took part in the
fighting in the
Verdun region (Saint-Mihiel, Les
Éparges, Fort de Bois-Bourru, Côte de Oie, ****ières-le-Mort-Homme). He was mentioned...
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Calonne (les
Hauts de Meuse-
Ouest des
Eparges)
sector of the
trenches from 22
September 1914 to 2
August 1915. Les
Eparges was a
heavily disputed sector, split...
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Hanoverian Regiment in Champagne. His
first taste of
combat came at Les
Éparges in
April 1915
where he was
first wounded by a
piece of
shrapnel piercing...
- due to the
outbreak of the
Great War. He
received a head
wound at Les
Éparges on All
Saints Day, 1917,
which would give him
recurring episodes of dizziness...
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promoted to a lieutenant. He parti****ted in the
bloody battles of Les
Éparges hill as well as
along the road of Tranchée de
Calonne to the
south east...
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Nuits de Guerre, La Boue, Les
Eparges), Paris, Éditions Flammarion, 1949
Commandant R. de Fériet, La Crête des
Éparges, 1914-1918, Paris, Payot, 1939...
