Show NOT A TRENCH OF BAYONETS true story of famous incident at verdun which french bravery has made immortal the scaffolding has now been taken down from the monument onu ment over the famous trench of the thel Dao bayonets nets at verdun which president lerand has inaugurated but the term trench Is a misnomer the true story la Is this ritty seven sun suri 1 ivors ors of tv two 0 breton battalions were holding the line there not in a trench but in a series of shell holes nearly regularly spaced and aligned the menbere men were so packed that when N hen any A were ere mounded they were un able to fall down while for security they held their rifles alth with teed bay conets in the air during the whole of june 11 1112 12 and 13 1916 a terrible artillery duel raged round them caught between the french and german barr badge we a fires one by tone the men died while the bursting shells hells burled buried them under na waves es of 0 torn up ground AN hen the scene could be visited all that remained was nias a line of bayonets protruding from the ground continental of the london hall |