Charge of French Alpine Chasseurs in Alsace, WW1
The Chasseurs Alpins, the famous French mountain riflemen carrying out a dashing charge on skis at Hermannsweiler Kopf in Alsace. Forty Chasseurs Alpins, under an officer, were in position among a forest of fir trees when the hill was surrounded by the enemy. They dashed down the hill with bayonets fixed but were outnumbered and after a fierce hand-to-hand fight, were all killed
Picture No
14102062
Media ID
45626785
Size
10264px x 6436px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Ernest Prater using eyewitness sketch in The Graphic, 3 April 1915
Date
1915
