egbert Posted 17 September , 2005 Share Posted 17 September , 2005 Mark, i have been at Vert Bois Ferme yesterday; according to this earlier thread (pictures are lost unfortunately) we discussed both our Granddads "meeting" at/near Vert Bois ferme. Here is a summary from the actions around Vert Bois from German IR 49 regimental history: IR 49 took position between Les Lauriers and roughly Vert Bois on April 22nd. They rotated with IR 93 and 72. 25 April: Brits attack left wing at Vert Bois and forced 6./49 to fall back 26 April: I. and II./49 loose forward line. III./49 with support of one Btl of IR 14 counterattacked and regained all lost ground to include parts of Vert Bois. 27 April: A raid against Vert Bois (Codeword "Helene") with parts of Granddads IR 49 in combination with IR 140 was succesful. Also a raid against a farm 200m southeast of Les Lauriers was succesful. Commander of raid "Helene" against Vert Bois was Lt. d.R. Freyer 28 April: IR 49 was shifted towards the right sector roughly in front of Les Lauriers Granddad was at that time in 4.Kompanie, I.Battalion/IR49 and I suppose he somehow "met" your Granddad in the fields around Vert Bois -both are reading our stories from above with a smile now serving together in the Grand Army up there (Granddad was killed near Les Lauriers 1 May 1918) Here are the pics: Vert Bois is under new ownership since last month with lots of restoration going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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