90th infantry regiment - World War Wounds

25 janvier 2009

On the 22nd of April 1916: Henri killed in action, in Verdun

Then came the attack on Verdun... March 1916: Photography of Henri Baudiment, Lieutenant (Temporary), in dress uniform. On the Left Bank of the Meuse River, the 90th Infantry Regiment took part, starting on the 21st April 1916, to the very intense fights...

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20 janvier 2009

January 1916: Henri's Company, in the trenches, on the Artois front

All along the month of January 1916, Henri held, again, the front line trenches, at the "Bois en Hache" (namely: the "Axe shaped Wood", which he was describing as a "bad sector"), in Artois, ... Photography annotated by Henri Baudiment - Bois en Hache,...

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18 janvier 2009

Loos, on the 11th October 1915: Henri describes his fights in the 2nd Battle of Artois, and the death of Colonel Alquier

"Dear Parents, now I have cooled down for two days, I will take the benefit of this evening to share with you details on the last operations executed by our Army, and which gave the opportunity to the 90th to add a glorious page to its own history. Since...

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14 janvier 2009

August 1915: the 90th Infantry Regiment on the Somme front

In August 1915, the 90th R.I. held the front line in Lihons (Somme). Photography annotated by Henri Baudiment - August 1915: "Staff of the Company, in an underground shelter, during my stay in the Lihons sector. From left to right: my first second lieutenant,...

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13 janvier 2009

26th Juillet 1915, in Liencourt: Henri describes in his letters, his fights in Artois, in May 1915

"[...] Without endangering the defense of the country, I am going to tell you what has been our mission since the 9th May 1915. I will take advantage of some permittence-holder on departure to, take care and post my letter: I hope he will succeed in this...

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8 janvier 2009

From November 1914 to April 1915: Henri fights in Ypres

Meanwhile, Henri was entering Ypres'hell: "...On the 11th [November], the violence of the bombing redoubles, and the German Infantry launches new assaults. The enemy forces are three to four times more numerous. The 90th has been holding the lines for...

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19 décembre 2008

The Declaration of War

When the War broke out, ... ... Henri was serving as a Warrant Officer, in the 90th Infantry Regiment, in Châteauroux (Indre). On the very day following his eighteenth birthday, on the 28th July 1899, he volonteered and got enlisted as a simple private,...

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Tags: Henri, Augustine, Charlotte, Euphrasie, Jean-Baptiste, Aimé, La Guerre, Marc, 1st Zouaves Regiment, 90th Infantry Regiment

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