Memorial to Louis Astoul along the Chemin-des-Dames of the 70th Senegalese Regiment who was killed April 16, 1917, the first day of the Second Battle of the Aisne, the Battle of Chemin-des-Dames. © 2014 by John M. Shea
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1914–1918
A la mémoire
de notre fils bien aimé
le S-Lieutenant
Louis Astoul
du 70eme Sénégalais
Tombé glorieusement
dans ces parages
à l'âge de 24 ans
au cours de l'assaut
du 16 Avril 1917
et de ses camarades
In memory
of our beloved son
Second Lieutenant
Louis Astoul
of the 70th Senegalese
Fallen gloriously
in this area
at the age of 24 years
during the assault
of April 16, 1917
and of his comrades
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