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Updated: June 11, 2025
To obtain some shelter on the field, the Prussian batteries had taken up a position on the shoulder of the hill below Amanvillers facing the southeast, where they were exposed from the north, on the flank, and even in the rear to the fire of French artillery, as well as to the concentrated fire of their infantry. To meet this, the battalions nearest at hand were ordered forward.
Their fortified positions at St.-Privat and Amanvillers had as yet hardly felt the fire of the German batteries, which had found sufficient employment in replying to the enemy's artillery outside the villages. Several ranks of riflemen, one above the other, were placed in front of the French main position, on the hedges and fences in a slope up the ridge.
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