Adrien Henry's mobilisation with the 161e RI, the Battle of the Frontiers, the Battle of the Marne, and the fighting at the Saint-Mihiel salient.
At the entrance to the barracks, a commemorative plaque.
List of units at Saint-Mihiel in 1914. Adrien Henry would often refer to them.
The Germans came from the opposite direction, from the northwest. Rignaucourt Wood, where Colonel de Feraudy was killed following a night engagement.
Ippecourt, one of the villages destroyed during the Battle of the Marne. Adrien Henry passed nearby while advancing back towards Verdun.
The front line where the 161e RI was positioned. In the background, towards Lamorville and Spada, the German positions. In the foreground, a Vauthier marker stone indicating the front line.
It was in this village that Adrien Henry wreaked havoc among the Bavarian regiment. The church served as the assembly point for his company.
It was while advancing towards Selouze Wood (in the background), between Lacroix-sur-Meuse and Lamorville, that he was wounded several times.
View from Spada Wood where the German forward positions were located after the front line was consolidated. The French troops of the 40e DI were on the hill opposite. In the far right background, Selouze Wood.
Military cemeteries where many soldiers who fell during the 1914 fighting are buried: the Lacroix-sur-Meuse necropolis, a plaque at Troyon mentioning the 161e RI, and the grave of a soldier from the 161e RI at Saint-Mihiel.
To understand the fighting at the Saint-Mihiel salient from 1914 to 1918.
Extract from a General Staff map showing the trenches east of Lacroix-sur-Meuse. French positions are marked in red. This type of document makes it possible to pinpoint the exact locations of the 161e RI's engagements.
It was in Selouze Wood, between Lacroix and Seuzey, that the 161e and 150e RI took up positions between late September and mid-December 1914. The trenches are still easily visible. In the far background of the photograph, one can make out the location of the German forward lines.