goumier

Updated: May 18, 2025

A Morning of Surprises The German Positions Bombarded from the Sea Filming the Goumiers in Action How these Tenacious Fighters Prepare for Battle Goumier Habits and Customs I Take the Chief's Photograph for the First Time And Afterwards take Food with Him An Interesting and Fruitful Adventure Ends Satisfactorily.

Geoffrey H. Malins - How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who: Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.

I again turned to look at the Goumier scout, his movements fascinated me. Keeping low under the top of the dune, I made for a small hill, from which I decided to film him. Reaching there, I did so. I then saw, going in opposite directions, two more scouts, each proceeding to crawl slowly in the same fashion as the first. "This film certainly will be unique," I thought.

Geoffrey H. Malins - How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who: Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.

The Germans were certainly in for it that day. Keeping along the bottom of the dunes, I observed a Goumier encampment in the distance. At that moment there came a rasping voice on my right. "Halt!" This certainly was a morning of surprises. "Ah," I said, with a laugh, "you startled me." "I am sorry, monsieur," he said. "The password, if you please?" "It is not necessary," I replied.

Geoffrey H. Malins - How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who: Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.