MONUMENT DE LA RAPPE

On August 25, 1914, several companies of the 38th R.I. of Saint-Etienne took up positions on the edge of the Bois de la Rappe to avoid any German threat on the left flank of the French attack on the town of Baccarat. As soon as the first shots rang out from the Baccarat bridge, the Bavarian troops were put on alert. The German columns fired on the French soldiers who took refuge in the Bois de la Rappe
For many hours, a violent battle ensued, often in hand-to-hand combat. After the battle, there were nearly 400 dead on both sides and as many wounded. Several cemeteries and mass graves were established
On the site of the largest cemetery, to commemorate the memory of the soldiers killed, this monument with a large white cross was erected in 1927. The remains of the soldiers were transferred around 1925 to the National Necropolis of Badonviller.

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