A night raid by German troops at Château Noulette near Lens. The hilltop church, Notre Dame de Lorette, a pilgrimage site in 1914, stood on Loretto Heights, with Vimy Ridge part of the high ground seized by German troops in the Race to the Sea. French commander Joffre hoped to capture Loretto Heights in the First Battle of Artois in December, 1914.
Nachtangriff deutscher Truppen bei Château Noulette in der Nähe von Lens.Im Hintergrund oben die heißumstrittene Kirch Notre Dame de Lorette.Mit Genehmigung der Illustrirten Zeitung, LeipzigNight raid by German troops at Château Noulette near Lens.In the upper background is the hotly contested church of Notre Dame de Lorette.With the permission of Illustrirten Zeitung, LeipzigA219E.P. & Co.A.C.
"A night raid by German troops at Château Noulette near Lens. The hilltop church, Notre Dame de Lorette, a pilgrimage site in 1914, stood on Loretto Heights, with Vimy Ridge part of the high ground seized by German troops in the Race to the Sea. French commander Joffre hoped to capture Loretto Heights in the First Battle of Artois in December, 1914."
Wednesday, June 2, 1915
1915
Chateau Noulette, Notre Dame de Lorette, Lens, 1915-06-02, 1915, June, Second Battle of Artois, Loretto Heights
