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Maissin Military Cemetery (1914)

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Maissin Military Cemetery (1914)

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Maissin Military Cemetery (1914)

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Location: Paliseul, Neufchâteau, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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3. Wooden Bridge Over the Lesse – Redu loop from Maissin

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

July 17, 2023

French and German soldiers are buried here side by side.
The Maissin cemetery is a tribute to the French and Germans who died in the Battle of the Borders. And more especially to the Bretons, many of whom died in the first battles of the Great War.

“In the summer of 1914, German and French troops fought around a dozen places in the south of Belgium. Of the many battles, the one from August 20 to 24, 1914 has gone down in history as the bloodiest. France lost more than 130,000 troops in Belgium, including more than 20,000 deaths in the Ardennes and Gaume.

In Maissin these involved soldiers from Brittany, but also from the departments of Vendée, Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire. The German soldiers came from the state of Hesse, in the center-western part of the Empire.

On the civilian side, a dozen residents were killed, others were injured, many fled and 75 houses were set on fire.

The cemetery is named after Pierre Massé, a veteran of the 19th Brest Infantry Regiment. This Breton was also a poet and brought the old Calvary to life.

More info at landofmemory.eu/nl/sites-historiques/frans-duitse-begraafplaats-in-maissin

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Maissin Military Cemetery (1914)

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