![]() Pictured are scenes from Esnes, Côte 304, and surrounding villages – and the critical damaged they suffered is palpable. ![]() #WHERE WAS THE BATTLE OF VERDUN SERIES#I was delighted to find a complete set of LSU’s SDV Series 41 slides in my big accession last week I had not seen reference to this set previously, but its primary focus is on the sites of the Second Battle of Verdun. The attrition continues to this day the combined population of these three communities was 1,251 in 1911 – and stood at a mere 468 in 2016. Between the 1911 census and that of 1921, the combined populations of these three communes was effectively halved, as a result of casualties of the war combined with desertion of the bombed-out towns. ![]() Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.Įsnes-en-Argonne was effectively reduced to ruins by this point in time, as were neighboring communities like Montzéville and Béthelainville the architecture generally amounted to a mass of ruins in the former two, while there was an untouched street in Béthelainville (pictured). A map showing the movement of the line in the first two weeks of combat it would move a little bit further by the end of the battle on 18 September 1917. This localized assault quickly resulted in the capture of Côte 304 – a hill which provided a strong defensive position – and the regaining of several French villages which had been mostly devastated by this point. ![]() However, there was a Second Battle of Verdun, often referenced as such only in French resources, which was launched on 20 August 1917, and which lasted a little under a month – pushing the line back to its 1916 position by launching an offensive from Esnes and surrounding regions. Most cursory histories which mention the Battle of Verdun are referring exclusively to the First Battle of Verdun in 1916, one of the largest battles (and costliest, in terms of human life) fought during the Great War. ![]()
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