Abri de Kronprinz Combres-sous-les-Côtes

This Abri de Kronprinz is different from the more luxurious Abri's specially built for the German Crown Prince.
Situated on the renamed Kaiser Wilhelm Strasse, this building was a command post and above all entrance three to the extensive Unterkunftsstollen complex at Combres.
On top of the mountain lies the mine-marked Les Epasges.
Here on the eastern side of the mountain the mine war was waged by the Germans.

In the Bundesarchief, Military Archives Department, Freiburg im Breisgau, there is a hitherto unnoticed work, only preserved in black and white, which like no other sheds light on the events of the mine warfare on the Combres heights from a German perspective and makes them researchable: the war diary of the pioneer mine companies 329 and 330. The document is part of a collection of documents in the possession of the former company commander, Captain d.R. Hans Barry. These two companies, together with several other pioneer troops, were largely responsible for carrying out mine warfare on the Combres Heights during the war.

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Source

• Text: Adri Kramer
• Photos: Adri Kramer
• https://www.morthomme.com