This bridge, known in Ethe as Pont des Arminis, was built in 1873 to support the passage of the railway line from Virton Ville to Marbehan. It became Pont du 14e Hussards in memory of the French cavalrymen killed there on August 22, 1914. pass and repass under the bridge and are massacred by German machine guns. Colonel DE HAUTECLOCQUE is seriously wounded, his son Bernard is killed like hundreds of hussars" (Information taken from the logbook of Second Lieutenant Charles FOUSSARD/4th squadron , found after the war) (Source: Website of the Belgian Luxembourg Tourist Federation).

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A relatively inconspicuous gate at the wayside. But with a lot of history.

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