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Owen · 28-06-2008, 12:18 AM

In that book I'm reading at the moment , Blitzkrieg In Their Own Words is an interesting chapter called, On the Old Warpath in the 'Lousey Champagne Country'.
A German officer, Hauptmann Hilsheimer finds himself in the same location he served in The Great War.
Can anyone help pinpoint some of the places he mentions.

"...leading to Orfeuil, bullets started whistling around our heads. I just had time to cast a glance at the fork in the road where the small house containing the local sick bay stood in 1916....In a few minutes the battery was off the road ready to fire...the enemy's resistance had become stiffer.The firing was mainly coming from the German Cemetery honouring our World War heroes, where the irreverent poilus had set up their machine guns..."

First query, which German Cemetery does he mean?

The next bit I will copy & post there's too much text to type in.
Second query, anyone have any info on the named locations in this extract in The Great War?

28-06-2008, 12:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,459	German Officer in Champagne in Great War & 1940. In that book I'm reading at the moment , Blitzkrieg In Their Own Words is an interesting chapter called, On the Old Warpath in the 'Lousey Champagne Country'. A German officer, Hauptmann Hilsheimer finds himself in the same location he served in The Great War. Can anyone help pinpoint some of the places he mentions. "...leading to Orfeuil, bullets started whistling around our heads. I just had time to cast a glance at the fork in the road where the small house containing the local sick bay stood in 1916....In a few minutes the battery was off the road ready to fire...the enemy's resistance had become stiffer.The firing was mainly coming from the German Cemetery honouring our World War heroes, where the irreverent poilus had set up their machine guns..." First query, which German Cemetery does he mean? The next bit I will copy & post there's too much text to type in. Second query, anyone have any info on the named locations in this extract in The Great War? Last edited by Owen; 28-06-2008 at 12:33 AM.