festhubert

Updated: May 21, 2025

Hence the trenches extended southwestward to Neuve Chapelle and Festhubert to La Bassée. The remainder of the front down to the Swiss frontier was defended by the French, along by Lille, Rheims, and the fortresses of Verdun, Toul, Epinal, and Belfort.

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