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28 janvier 2009

The mourning of the family

The mourning of the family
Then came the long mourning, heavy to bear, for the parents, for the remaining brother, for the sisters. Family mourning which was not even interrupted by the sound of the bugle, on the Armistice Day, the 11th November 1918. Family photography, Spring...
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Tags: Boniface,  Euphrasie,  Jean-Baptiste,  Marie-Anne,  Marc,  Fernand,  Yvette,  Eugénie Merle,  Françoise,  Henriette,  Robert Merle,  1st Zouaves Regiment

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19 décembre 2008

The Declaration of War

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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18 décembre 2008

The Baudiment family before the War

The Baudiment family before the War
Henri was born in Algeria, the eldest of six, from the encounter in Constantine, of Boniface, a gendarme, born in the French region of Berry, and Marie-Anne Robert, born ten years after in the region of Auvergne. Photography of the family in Kouba, around...
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Tags: Augustine,  Boniface,  Charlotte,  Euphrasie,  Jean-Baptiste,  Marie-Anne

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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

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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Tags: Henri,  Letters,  Artois,  Photographies,  Loos-en-Gohelle,  90th Infantry Regiment

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22 janvier 2009

Winter 1915-1916: the letters from Henri, and his special attentions towards his three sisters...

Winter 1915-1916: the letters from Henri, and his special attentions towards his three sisters...
His thoughts were, too, very often dedicated towards Charlotte... Family photography: Charlotte by 1914. ... towards Augustine...: Family photography: Augustine by 1912. "... of course, I cannot write to everybody separately. Charlotte, Titine keep on...
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Tags: Henri,  Augustine,  Charlotte,  Euphrasie,  Letters,  Fernand

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30 janvier 2009

Heavy burden for the survivors

Heavy burden for the survivors
The Women, in the family, had survived these eight deadly years. They were lonely, from now on. Survivors, indeed, but for ever wounded. And their wounds were becoming quite heavy to bear... So heavy that they would have to share them, now, with the oncoming...
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Tags: Cemetery,  Augustine,  Charlotte,  Euphrasie,  Angèle,  Châteauroux

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19 janvier 2009

Autumn 1915: photographies taken in Artois by Henri

Autumn 1915: photographies taken in Artois by Henri
The occupation of Loos-en-Gohelle, and the relative lull which followed for his regiment, gave the opportunity to Henri to continue to record his every day life on the black-and-white film, under the gloomy light of the ending autumn: His Company waiting...
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Tags: Henri,  Artois,  Photographies,  Loos-en-Gohelle

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16 janvier 2009

7th September 1915: the French get ready for the 2nd Battle of Artois

7th September 1915: the French get ready for the 2nd Battle of Artois
Photography annotated by Henri Baudiment - Lucheux, on the 7 September 1915: "Our generals" [from left to right: 1) under the x sign: General Curé, commanding the 9th Army Corps, 2) facing right: General Deligny, commanding the 153th Division, 3) facing...
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Tags: Henri,  Letters,  Artois,  Photographies,  Generals

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10 janvier 2009

Aimé shot to death, in Artois

Aimé shot to death, in Artois
The 8th "Régiment de Marche des Zouaves" entered the battles on the 11th May 1915, in Neuville Saint Vaast (Pas de Calais), South of the Vimy Ridge: "...Violent Infantry and machine guns firings are coming from the trenches located at 1000 meters beyond...
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Tags: Aimé,  Artois,  Neuville St Vaast,  8th Zouaves Regiment

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6 janvier 2009

August-September 1914: the first fightings

August-September 1914: the first fightings
As soon as August 1914, Henri and Jean-Baptiste and their units took part to the first massive attack North bound, then to the retreat from Belgium. They, then, participated to the Battle of La Marne (Henri was fighting on the grassy slopes of the "Mont-Août"...
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Tags: Henri,  Jean-Baptiste,  Champagne,  La Marne

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14 janvier 2009

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

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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Tags: Henri,  Photographies,  Somme,  90th Infantry Regiment

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20 janvier 2009

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

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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Tags: Henri,  Artois,  Photographies,  90th Infantry Regiment

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17 janvier 2009

25th September 1915: Henri in the middle of the fights of the 2nd Battle of Artois

25th September 1915: Henri in the middle of the fights of the 2nd Battle of Artois
Photography annotated by Henri Baudiment - Loos-en-Gohelle, on the 10th October 1915: "A barricade in a street". The "great operations" were not long to come, and the 25th September offensive gave the kick-off to the 2nd Battle of Artois: the 90th Infantry...
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Tags: Henri,  Artois,  Photographies,  Loos-en-Gohelle

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8 janvier 2009

From November 1914 to April 1915: Henri fights in Ypres

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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Tags: Henri,  Letters,  Ypres,  90th Infantry Regiment

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9 janvier 2009

April 1915: Aimé on the Champagne front

April 1915: Aimé on the Champagne front
In April 1915, Aimé, who was less than 18 years old, had enlisted by anticipation: he was already a Sergeant, when he was sent to the front, amongst the 1st Batalion of the 8th "Régiment de Marche des Zouaves", the same batalion as his brother, and almost...
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Tags: Henri,  Aimé,  Champagne,  8th Zouaves Regiment

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17 décembre 2008

Ville sur Cousances, on the 22nd May, 1998

Ville sur Cousances, on the 22nd May, 1998
"Dad? I am calling you from Verdun. I just retrieved the grave of Henri Baudiment". In the receiver, Daddy's voice broke down with emotion... Photography: Pierre Cazaubon - May 1999 Eighty two years after his death, Henri, the elder brother of my Dad's...
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Tags: Cemetery,  Henri,  Verdun

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11 janvier 2009

May-June 1915: Henri is searching in vain Aimé's burial place.

May-June 1915: Henri is searching in vain Aimé's burial place.
Henri rushed up, as soon as he could, from the Loos-en-Gohelle sector, where he had taken an active part to the 9th May attack; he, then, attempted to retrieve any track of his younger brother, unfortunately without success: "[...] I walked along and...
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Tags: Henri,  Aimé,  Artois

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25 janvier 2009

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

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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Tags: Henri,  Verdun,  90th Infantry Regiment

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12 janvier 2009

June-July 1915: Henri shares his first photographies with his family

June-July 1915: Henri shares his first photographies with his family
All along this tragical period, Henri attempted to be closer to his beloved through a new medium of expression: taking and sending photography pictures. Photography annotated by Henri Baudiment, Loos-en-Gohelle - October-November 1915: "My flight squadron...
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Tags: Henri,  Photographies,  Loos-en-Gohelle

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27 janvier 2009

The end of the War, for Jean-Baptiste

The end of the War, for Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste never recovered a normal health, and so, never returned back to fighting: Official ceremony at the 1st Zouaves Regiment, at the "Champ de Manoeuvres" (training area), in Algiers, beginning of 1915: Jean-Baptiste Baudiment carries the Regiment...
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Tags: Jean-Baptiste,  1st Zouaves Regiment

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24 janvier 2009

1st february 1916: the last letter from Henri

1st february 1916: the last letter from Henri
Then came the last letter, dated on the 1st February 1916, three weeks only before the German attack on Verdun: "... I am glad to announce you that my next holiday leave to come will be totally dedicated to you. Angèle and myself are currently making...
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Tags: Henri,  Letters

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7 janvier 2009

18th September 1914: Jean-Baptiste's wound, on the Champagne front

18th September 1914: Jean-Baptiste's wound, on the Champagne front
Jean-Baptiste was severely injured in the left eye and in the chest, by some German schrapnell bullets, on the 18th September 1914, in Prunay sur Vesle (Marne). On this occasion, Jean-Baptiste was awarded the "Légion d'Honneur" and the "Croix de Guerre"...
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Tags: Jean-Baptiste,  Champagne

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15 janvier 2009

Summer - Autumn 1915: the letters sent from the front by Henri

Summer - Autumn 1915: the letters sent from the front by Henri
In his letters, Henri took every occasion to describe and comment to his beloved, with distance and humor, his daily existence as a buried soldier: "[...] The weather is fair and cool, but the nights start getting longer. Heavy fogs are coming, now, and...
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Tags: Henri,  Letters

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31 janvier 2009

Epilogue

Epilogue
How about tomorrow? Tomorrow perhaps, in our turn, in transmitting the Key Message, that is to say, in prolonging the Memory, even if we did not either see or even understand by ourselves, will we be able to help closing, very slowly, very carefully,...
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Tags: The Memory

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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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Tags: Henri,  Letters,  Artois,  Loos-en-Gohelle,  90th Infantry Regiment

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