Trench of Bayonets
After the war, a line of a dozen bayonets was found protruding from the
ground. Further investigation revealed a dead French soldier and
a rifle in the ground beneath the bayonets. No one knows for sure
what happened, but it was assumed that a German artillery bombardment
collapsed the trench around the men. The story caught hold of the
public imagination, and an American donor funded a memorial at the
site. Later, other theories developed, including one that the
trench was used as a quick and easy mass grave by attacking German
troops.
Copyright 2010-11 by John Hamill