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The Souain corporals affair (; French: Affaire des caporaux de Souain) was an incident where four corporals in the French Army were shot by firing squad as an example to the rest of their companies during the First World War.
Souain corporals affair. In March 1915, after two attempts to take a strong German position near Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus had failed, he ordered the 21st company of the 336th Infantry Regiment to make a bayonet charge against the position. But before the attack began, a preceding French barrage shelled their own side's trenches.
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film [5] co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, [6] which was based on the Souain corporals affair during World War I.
[3] [4] [5] It is also known for the Souain corporals affair, 17 March 1915. The village is the site of the Monument de la Légion Etrangère, an ossuary with 130 bodies of légionnaires from the 1st and 2nd Régiment Etrangers, who fell at the French offensive in Champagne, in September 1915 .
Paths of Glory is a 1935 war novel by Humphrey Cobb.Set during the World War I, the story tells of the French 181st company, which is sent by the general's order to carry out a reckless attack in no man's land with the purpose to take the strategically important "Pimple", and how the failure is covered up by court martialing "war criminals" for cowardice.
The monument to the four corporals shot at Souain in 1915 In March 1915, four corporals of the 21st Company of the 336th Regiment of Infantry – Louis Girard, Lucien Lechat, Louis Lefoulon et Théophile Maupas – were tried for mutiny and executed by firing squad. In his last letter to his wife, Maupas wrote "Je n'ai rien à me reprocher, je ...
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