Jools mckenna Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 (edited) @Tomb1302 and I are trying to translate this French postcard and so far we have this Souvenir de ... ... 15 chasseurs Cantonné dans un ... denommé 'le village' Edited 17 January , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomb1302 Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 (edited) This was a tricky one for sure, as the writing style is quite inconsistent, and some of the lighting and symbols makes it increasingly difficult. Sorry for the poor attempt all - My first attempt at interpreting a document! Edited 17 January , 2019 by Tomb1302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 First line : possibly "P de Calais" - Pas de Calais? BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomb1302 Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 1 minute ago, BillyH said: First line : possibly "P de Calais" - Pas de Calais? BillyH. This was a guess of mine, but can't find any 'as' in Pas, and the 'i' in Calais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 17 January , 2019 Admin Share Posted 17 January , 2019 Souvenir de Fillievres M Canche Pas de Calais Second line end 15 chasseurs last line last two words village vierge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomb1302 Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 1 minute ago, Michelle Young said: Souvenir de Fillievres M Canche Pas de Calais last line last two words village vierge In the end, I suppose it was down to deductive reasoning, as making out 'Pas-de-Calais' was pretty tedious using the text there. Good find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 (edited) Allons-y mes enfants! Souvenir of Fillivieres [which is in the valley of the] Canche (river) in the Pas de Calais [region] Made/taken for Mons. Auge (?) Lt d’Escadron (his rank) and 8 chasseurs (a rank in the infantry) quartered in a (?) designated/called the negro village (village negre) Max Edited 17 January , 2019 by MaxD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 Souvenir de Fillievres ...Canche... Pas de Calais font p(o?)ur Mont/ Mons. Auge Lieut E/& .... 15 chasseurs Cantonné dans un ... denommé le village vierge. ...ish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomb1302 Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 7 minutes ago, MaxD said: Allons-y mes enfants! Souvenir of Fillivieres [which is in the valley of the] Canche (river) in the Pas de Calais [region] Made/taken for Mons. Auge (?) Lt d’Escadron (his rank) and 8 chasseurs (a rank in the infantry) quartered in a (?) designated called the negro village (village negre) Max I'm so stupid haha. If I'd paid attention to the way he wrote 'g' in 'village', I'd have been able to deduce 'negre'. Oh well... Merci beaucoup @MaxD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 De rien! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 (edited) good evening, Fillièves sur Canche is a village between Hesdin & Frevent. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillièvres fait par mons Augé Lieut. 6 Eson 5 Chasseur cantonné dans un pré dénommé "le village nègre" mons is short for Monsieur Lieut is short for Lieutenant Eson is short for Escadron (Company for Infantry) 5 Chasseur = 5ème Regiment de Chasseur à Cheval (Cavalry) Corresponds to the type of accommodation of soldiers - visible in the photo a kind of small box (African dwelling). African troops from the French army were able to park in this area before the fighting in Artois from 1914 / 1915. The soldiers uniforms are that of the Chasseur à Cheval (cavalry). 5ème Regiment de Chasseur à Cheval : 1914 : 1915 Artois http://www.chtimiste.com/ regards michel Edited 17 January , 2019 by battle of loos in green = good answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomb1302 Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 6 minutes ago, battle of loos said: good evening, Fillièves sur Canche is a village between Hesdin & Frevent. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillièvres fait par mons Augé Lieut. 6 Eson 5 Chasseur cantonné dans un pré dénommé "le village nègre" mons is short for Monsieur Lieut is short for Lieutenant Eson is short for Escadron (Company for Infantry) 5 Chasseur = 5ème Bataillon de Chasseur (Rifles) Corresponds to the type of accommodation of soldiers - visible in the photo a kind of small box (African dwelling). African troops from the French army were able to park in this area before the fighting in Artois from May/June 1915. 5ème Bataillon de Chasseur : 1916 Somme (Maurepas - Sailly Saillisel) http://www.chtimiste.com/ regards michel Wow. Kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierssc Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 Cantonné dans un pré - camped/quartered/billeted in a meadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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