Monument Des Chasseurs Beaumont-en-Verdunois
The memorial to Lieutenant Colonel Driant and his fighters in the Bois des Caures in Beaumont-en-Verdunois.
At the start of the battle, Lieutenant Colonel Driant opposed it with 1,200 fighters from the 56Þ and 59Þ foot fighter battalions, and was killed on February 22, 1916. The command post was classified as a historic monument in 1931.
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Source
- Text: Adri Kramer + TracesOfWar
- Photos: Kenneth van Cauter
Nearby
Museum
- Douaumont Fortress - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Museum Ossuary Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Mémorial de Verdun - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Point of interest
- Former Village Beaumont-en-Verdunois - Beaumont-en-Verdunois
- Former German Artillery Position & Trenches - Flabas
- Location German Penalty Camp Flabas - Flabas
Monument
- Stèle du Colonel Driant Beaumont-en-Verdunois - Beaumont-en-Verdunois
- Tombe Provisoire du Colonel Driant Beaumont-en-Verdunois - Beaumont-en-Verdunois
- Remembrance Chapel & War Memorial Haumont-près-Samogneux - Haumont-prés-Samogneux
Cemetery
- German War Cemetery Ville-devant-Chaumont - Ville-devant-Chaumont
- German War Cemetery Azannes I - Azannes-et-Soumazannes
- German War Cemetery Azannes II - Azannes-et-Soumazannes
Fortification
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