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| Picture No | 10803731 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Charge of French Alpine Chasseurs in Alsace, WW1 |
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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.
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| Source | Illustration by Ernest Prater using eyewitness sketch in The Graphic, 3 April 1915 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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