Lapide commemorativa del primo attacco di gas il 22 aprile 1915 al Monumento ai Carrefour des Roses, durante la prima guerra mondiale, a Ypres, in Belgio
5760 x 3840 px | 48,8 x 32,5 cm | 19,2 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
7 giugno 2021
Ubicazione:
Poezelstraat 2, 890 Boezinge, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Altre informazioni:
On the Carrefour des Roses (aka Carrefour des Bretons) in Boezinge near Ypres (Belgium) stands a granite calvary, a dolmen. Everything evokes Brittany because on April 22, 1915, at this exact location, the first gas attack struck a division made up mainly of Bretons. After which it became a place of pilgrimage. On the map of the headquarters this location is marked as Le Carrefour des Roses. The area was rather quiet which is why the army command decided to station the 87th French Territorial Division there. Among its ranks, especially Bretons from older age groups, they are nicknamed "the peperes". On April 22, 1915, the Germans launched their first gas attack in this sector, the soldiers were badly affected. After the war, most of the French victims would be repatriated to the great necropolis of Lorette, but the Bretons wanted to set up a place to commemorate their deaths. In 1927, a pink granite cross of Calvary dating from the 16th century was transferred here, along with an 8-ton dolmen and several menhirs donated by a Breton veteran.
