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#OTD - 3 Jan 1871 - Following on from the preliminary moves/actions the previous day/night, the Battle of Bapaume, #Somme, began (long thread alert!):
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1/ #OTD - 3 Jan 1871 - The Battle of Bapaume: On this bitterly cold (-18°c) morning général Louis Faidherbe ordered the main attack of the armée du Nord (attempting to relieve Péronne & secure a major #Somme crossing) on von Manteuffel's 1.Armee around Bapaume to begin...

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#OTD 3 Jan 1915: The Germans detonated their 1st 'successful' mine in the #Somme sector, destroying a section of FR wire & frontline on Cote 143 ( later known as 'Redan Ridge') .. ... Unlike their La Boisselle mine of 2 Jan, it would appear that they measured this one correctly!
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#OTD 2 Jan 1915: The 1st mine to be detonated by the Germans on the #Somme front was blown. Intended to have detonated under the (French held) " Îlot de la Boisselle ", it was laid too short and detonated under their own trenches, which they had evacuated prior to detonation
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#OTD 2 January 1871: Preliminary movements and actions of the Battle of Bapaume:
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1/ #OTD, 2 Jan 1871: In an attempt to relieve the siege of Péronne & secure a major #Somme crossing in order to keep a path open for a potential siege-breaking advance on Paris, in freezing conditions, the preliminary actions of the Battle of Bapaume - began:

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@JSW556 @Ri315e @TrenchTrotter Yes, that's right. Possible Antibes reasoning may be because he was with the 111e for so long (serving as an adjudant with them by the war's outbreak), I wonder whether he actually lived there and simply died at home?
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John Wren@JSW556·
@croonaert @Ri315e @TrenchTrotter Wow. That's evocative. Do I read it right that when he returned from captivity was he was "transferred" to the 415e RI? Interesting that he died in Antibes.
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Late Xmas present ( ... to myself!🙄) : Bleu clair (popularly known as 'Horizon Blue') mle.1915 képi of a 'marsouin' sous-officier or officier subalterne (NCO - sergent or above - or junior officer of a régiment d'infanterie coloniale):
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@Ri315e Actually , I have, yes - but it's not specifically a military term (from 1910 - & partly due to its use in radio telegraphy broadcasting a time signal - the tower became part of the International Time Service)
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315e RI@Ri315e·
There my new year eve sorted … writing up why the 315e on 25/9/15 got slaughtered at Auberive … my my my not sure 315e will have sent many Christmas card to 102e commander Col Blin … @croonaert setting your watch to effet tour time? Heard that one before?
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@JSW556 @Ri315e @TrenchTrotter I've seen a few items, yes, (regts that existed pre-war aren't too bad to find things from, it's the 'wartime only' units that're difficult) but the only item I have is this ID tag to a lieut. of the 111e who was taken PoW 'that day' at the bois de Malancourt and died in 1920:
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@Ri315e @TrenchTrotter It's circa 1880 (in 1889, the flat rank tresse was replaced with rank soutaches which is a good indicator of age ... a 1914/18 military kepi should not have tressed rank insignia ) ... the one in the image is actually a 135e RI cap w/numbers reversed (hence it being 'impossible')
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315e RI@Ri315e·
@croonaert @TrenchTrotter 😎 exactly my thoughts - as they were disbanded many will have been rebadged. What dates that one?
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@Ri315e @TrenchTrotter You mean like this (impossible) one? 😜 Seriously though, it is quite difficult to find items from disbanded regiments as items could be re-badged and the only way to tell is on the inside/linings ... come across a few 115e RI bits though!
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@ProfPeterDoyle @Ri315e @TaubHistory ... as a throwback reference to Honoré de Balzac's novel "Le Médecin de Campagne" in which a dangerous mission requires a group of French soldiers to partake, but only 40 men were deemed 'poilu' (literally 'hairy', but meaning 'macho' or 'strong') enough to carry it out...
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315e RI@Ri315e·
@croonaert @sommecourt @TaubHistory @C_VargasHarle @_74eRI_ @churchill_alex @boiry62128 @Parcours1418 @bart_debeer @tadoukoz @Indre1418 @laurentalbaret @SteveMarsdin @HistoryandMoore Next thing you know your number of followers will go up! In all seriousness, thank you for all your help. 2022 want hear you on more podcast spreading your knowledge on the French army! (Not just the french on the Somme) I’m sure @sommecourt can tailor something 😉
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315e RI@Ri315e·
Nearly a year since I opened this Twitter account … Here a quick review of the year and what been found … enjoy!
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@Ri315e @FlandersBTour @sworrall Is it possible to get a clearer image of the upper sleeve badge on the chap on the right? I'm wondering whether it is the one illustrated below (compagnie des chiens de guerre) or whether it's something else?
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@Ri315e @FlandersBTour @sworrall ...apparent lack of any service chevrons (intro'd April, but compulsory July 1916) Wrist ID tag (May 1915) ... ... putting all together it would appear to me to have to date from between Nov 1915 and April 1916 (?)
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Genevra Charsley@FlandersBTour·
Review Of The Trench Dogs: Used by the hospital division to locate wounded on the battlefield are stationed in a military camp somewhere near the Marne, France. 📸French Official 705 📁Archives: N A Catalog 6457 PO
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@ProfPeterDoyle @Ri315e @TaubHistory Funnily enough, though, the rather archaic (Napoleonic?) term of 'grognard' could still be encountered in use by some as late as 1916.
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