
General Ludwig von Falkenhausen presents "The Week of Suffering" (circa April 2-9, 1917) –>slide 2
Artillery relentless
I'd guess about a million shells
Somehow can target our artillery, even though they're hidden behind ridge
We ran out of aspirin, earplugs.
Allied General Arthur Currie presents "Better Creeping" (circa April 9, 1917) –>slide 4
first wave attacks behind creeping barrage
continuous line of shells
improve on what we did at the Somme.
Corporal Gus Sivertz (2nd Canadian Mounted ...
Published on November 11, 2009 03:05