'Unacceptable': Drone strike kills French soldier in Iraq's Kurdistan region
France 24 →Arnaud Frion, 42, was killed in a drone strike and six other soldiers were wounded, the ministry said in a statement. His commanding officer Colonel Francois-Xavier de la Chesnais said he was struck by an Iranian-designed Shahed attack drone.
TWO FRENCH GENERALS ARE WOUNDED IN BATTLE
Paris, France, March 1. — Two French generals have been wounded in battle, according to an official report issued by the war office. The report says: In the course of an inspection of an enemy first line trench 30 meters (about 90 feet) away, Gen. Maudary, commander of one of our armies, and Gen. de Nillaret, commander of one of the corps of his army, were wounded by bullets. They were examining the German line through an embrasure. The doctors have not yet given an opinion on the gravity of their wounds.
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Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915)
On 22 April 1915 at about 5:00 p.m., the 4th Army released 168 long tons of chlorine gas on a 4.0-mile front, between the hamlets of Langemark and Gravenstafel. The Second Battle of Ypres was the occasion of the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front — a new and horrifying escalation of the already devastating conditions facing Allied troops.
Wikipedia →Second Battle of Artois
The Second Battle of Artois from 9 May to 18 June 1915, took place on the Western Front during the First World War. On 9 May, five French corps attacked two German divisions on a 16-mile front and advanced 2.5 miles — the largest Allied advance since trench warfare began. The French Tenth Army employed new offensive tactics that caused the German defenders great difficulty, capturing Hill 145, the highest point on Vimy Ridge, before being repulsed by local counter-attacks.
Wikipedia →Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France — the longest battle of the First World War. It became the defining catastrophe of the French Army in WWI, with combined casualties exceeding 700,000 men.
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