Translated by Nathalie GAUTHIER
On the front, the troop going to the front came from a rest position from the rear. Far enough to be a little bit protected from direct artillery fire, it was often the ruins of villages not far from there which were used for this purpose. Here we are approximately 8 kilometers from the deposit of the 113th RI (barracks Maurice de Saxe), so that the approach march was quite similar to that what future soldiers will know at the real frontline. It seems that (...)