egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 ....ok and another 3 meters - I saw stairways and passages that made me feel lonely w/o the messenger dog and I decided to retreat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Allover embrasures from the depth of the rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 And a commanding view from the base of the rock towards the hinterland. How impressive the view must be from the top of the rock.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Hello -am I alone here? Is everybody else at the Somme or Flanders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Still here, my friend. Perhaps if you added "1 July 1916" to your title ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Another excellent thread from you Egbert. Looks like you had a very interesting walk, and you may have piqued people's interest enough for them to explore there themselves!! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 You aren't alone. I have just enjoyed looking at your pics. How kind of Chester to take you for so interesting a walk! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Great photo's of an area I know nothing about ! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Thanks for sharing your explorations, Egbert. Some tantalising photos there. Perhaps you and Gwyn should collaborate on a guide to the Vosges battlefields ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhogg Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Thank you for the great photos egbert. As a Somme-addict it is easy to forget there are many other fascinating sectors just waiting to be explored. peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bulloch Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Egbert. Many thanks for the virtual tour. Great photographs, enjoyed by one who can't get to places like this. Cheers Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Great photo's Egbert, thank you for sharing them with us. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Alright, we shall go on to the peak then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 We continue our climb along the anticline towards the peak, passing blockhouses, obstacles and destroyed trenches as well as preserved trenches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Noble Posted 9 August , 2009 Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Fantastic photos egbert. I bet Chester enjoyed himself! Best wishes. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Passing a German parapet, looking towards the enemy. Remember, the trees were shelled to matches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Destroyed trench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Whatever that is? Modern junk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Between the anticline and the closing mountain peak more and more bunkers grown over by the vegetation are visible. Peppered with heavy barbed wire protection and chevaux-de-frise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Chester always insists on being the first to explore the danger zones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 ...and lucky we, he complemented the French dog friendly but authoritative out of the German lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 Which allowed us to sneak a peek into the bunker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 9 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 9 August , 2009 ...called "Sattelstützpunkt". Gwyn once started a GWF thread on the meaning of the inscription. Sattelstützpunkt Erbaut 4. Kompanie Bayerisches LIR 12 Feste Eisen-Schmid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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