A LIGHTNING FRENCH “COUP DE MAIN” IN CHAMPAGNE. This remarkable photograph of a trench raid actually in progress was taken by a Frenchman already decorated with the Croix de Guerre. The affair holds the record for rapidity. From the moment when the picked party leapt out of their trenches, to the moment when they returned with prisoners, the time was only 3min. 30sec. The raiding party are shown upon their arrival at the German trenches. A wounded Frenchman (on left) is seen returning to the French lines.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1446, 3 January 1918, Page 16
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87A LIGHTNING FRENCH “COUP DE MAIN” IN CHAMPAGNE. This remarkable photograph of a trench raid actually in progress was taken by a Frenchman already decorated with the Croix de Guerre. The affair holds the record for rapidity. From the moment when the picked party leapt out of their trenches, to the moment when they returned with prisoners, the time was only 3min. 30sec. The raiding party are shown upon their arrival at the German trenches. A wounded Frenchman (on left) is seen returning to the French lines. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1446, 3 January 1918, Page 16
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