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The battlefield near Verdun, the Meuse River (Maas), and the Argonne Forest, viewed from the German line looking southwest. During the 1916 %+%Event%m%48%n%Seige of Verdun%-%, the road and a light rail line from Bar-le-Duc were the sole source of supply for the besieged city. Text: Labels: Argonnen (Argonne Forest), Verdun, Maas (Meuse River), Bar-le-Duc. Reverse: Panorama des westlichen Kreigschauplatzes 1914/15 Die Argonnen. Von Verdun bis Reims. Die Panorama-Postkartenreihe umfaßt mit ihren 9 Abschnitten Nr. 400 bis 408 den gesamten westlichen Kriegschauplatz von der Schweizer Grenze bis zur Nordseeküste. Panorama of the Western theater of war 1914/15 from Compiègne to Arras. The panoramic postcard series includes with their 9 sections No. 400 to 408 the entire western front from the Swiss border to the North Sea coast. Nr. 407 Wenau-Postkarte Patentamtl. gesch. Logo: W&N AGL

The battlefield near Verdun, the Meuse River (Maas), and the Argonne Forest, viewed from the German line looking southwest. During the 1916 Seige of Verdun, the road and a light rail line from Bar-le-Duc were the sole source of supply for the besieged city.

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Labels: Argonnen (Argonne Forest), Verdun, Maas (Meuse River), Bar-le-Duc.



Reverse:

Panorama des westlichen Kreigschauplatzes 1914/15

Die Argonnen. Von Verdun bis Reims.

Die Panorama-Postkartenreihe umfaßt mit ihren 9 Abschnitten Nr. 400 bis 408 den gesamten westlichen Kriegschauplatz von der Schweizer Grenze bis zur Nordseeküste.



Panorama of the Western theater of war 1914/15 from Compiègne to Arras.

The panoramic postcard series includes with their 9 sections No. 400 to 408 the entire western front from the Swiss border to the North Sea coast.



Nr. 407

Wenau-Postkarte Patentamtl. gesch.

Logo: W&N AGL

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Thursday, October 10, 1918

"The second phase of the Argonne battle was begun on October 4th, when the First American Army, reinforced by its reserved divisions, advanced to attack the Kriemhilde line. The First Corps, on the 7th, took Chatel-Chehery, pressing forward toward Cornay. At the same time, the Third Corps, tilting to the left and fighting against great odds, marked its way through Brieulles and Cunel. The Fifth Corps, meantime, in quick succession, had taken Gesnes and Fleville. On the 10th, the great Argonne Forest was completely cleared of the Germans."

Quotation Context

The first phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive had begun on September 26, 1918, and had fallen well short of its unrealistic goals for a rapid advance in the densely forested, well-fortified Argonne. The Kriemhilde line was, to quote our author, 'a system of concrete trenches nearly three miles deep, occupying the heights and protected with several zones of thick barbed wire hundreds of feet wide.'

Source

King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 470, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922

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1918-10-10, 1918, October, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Verdun-Argonne-Chalons relief map