5129 x 3418 px | 43,4 x 28,9 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
juin 2008
Lieu:
Langemark German Cemetery, Langemark, Belgium
Informations supplémentaires:
A memorial plaque with names of fallen German soldiers in the Langemark German Cemetery, near Langemark, Belgium. "Langemark is located about 4 miles north-east of Ypres, & it was near here that the Germans first used poison gas on the 22nd of April 1915 (officially the Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge). The Germans made ground from north of Langemarck, at that time held by the French, & in the confusion advanced around two miles towards Ypres. During the Third Ypres offensive the village was taken by the Allies on the 16th of August 1917. It was to change hands two more times before the War ended. There are relatively few German cemeteries on the Western Front battlefields, but this one, despite being much smaller in area than Tyne Cot, in fact has many more burials. This is because the burials are effectively several mass graves, although there are headstones (which are flat to the ground) as well. There are also occasional clusters of small crosses. However, these are not actual grave markers. Inside the entrance block there are chambers to the left & right. In the left one there is a map of area, with Langemarck and the cemetery marked. On the walls of the chamber to the right are lists of names. Once you enter the cemetery there is an inscription on a flat stone with a sculpted wreath. This records the 44, 061 men buried here. Ahead is the mass grave of nearly 25, 000 men. The names of those known to be buried here are recorded on eighty-six upright bronze panels beyond this entrance. At the rear of the cemetery are four stone soldiers watching over the graves. In addition, there is a small chamber on the right-hand side of the entrance where the names of the German missing are inscribed." (Source: ww1battlefields.co.uk)
