'Warmest regards from the Somme . . . ' from Robert Künger, September 21, 1916, presumably pictured with his machine gun crew. Translation couresy of Thomas Faust, ebay's Urfaust.
'Warmest regards from the Somme . . . ' from Robert Künger, September 21, 1916. Translation couresy of Thomas Faust, ebay's Urfaust.
"At nine in the morning on November 1, the order was given to go forth from the trenches. There was a moment of hesitation, but on our left the 125th Regiment went out with élan and swept right over the first German line.Seeing that they were being outflanked by the 125th Regiment, the Germans came out of their holes with arms raised, calling out 'Comrades! Comrades!' This word is now known in all languages.Their obliging machine gunners carried their murderous machines across their shoulders."
Excerpt from the notebooks of French Infantry Corporal Louis Barthas, writing of a November 1, 1916 attack by his 296th Infantry Regiment in conjunction with the 125th IR in the Battle of the Somme. The attack was near Combles. The English were on the left of the 125th Infantry Regiment.
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918 by Louis Barthas, pp. 273–274, copyright © 2014 by Yale University, publisher: Yale University Press, publication date: 2014
1916-11-01, 1916, November, Somme, Battle of the Somme,Combles, machine gun
