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Updated: June 5, 2025
"There must be thousands of them," he told Jules after a while, "thousands of them; and look over there, to what I believe to be Samogneux, where we were yesterday, and from which the German guns literally blew us, watch the roads there and the edge of the Bois de Caures what do you see, Jules?" "See!" exclaimed Jules; "almost hear them, you mean.
When the struggle in the Verdun sector began the French left was resting on the centers of Brabant, Consenvoye, Haumont, and Caures Wood, their first position. The second was marked by a line passing through Samogneux, Hill 344, and Mormont Farm.
As an illustration of the brilliant work of the French artillery, an eyewitness has described the defense of a position southeast of Haumont Wood. Here one battery was divided into flanking guns in three positions one to the southeast of Haumont Wood, a second to the south, and a third to the north of Samogneux.
Germans pierce French line, taking 3,000 prisoners. Germans capture Brabant, Haumont, Samogneux, etc., Feb. 23. Berlin reports capture of four villages and 10,000 French prisoners Feb. 23. Germans capture Louvemont and fortified positions Feb. 25. Fort Douaumont stormed by Brandenburg corps, then surrounded by French, but relieved by Germans March 3.
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