{"id":5679,"date":"2021-11-04T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/sites-historiques\/french-german-cemetery-of-maissin\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:48:57","slug":"french-german-cemetery-of-maissin","status":"publish","type":"sites-historiques","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sites-historiques\/french-german-cemetery-of-maissin\/","title":{"rendered":"French-German Cemetery of Maissin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A French-German cemetery of the Battle of the Frontiers<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jcimeitieremasse-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Graves of 1,459 unknown French\" class=\"wp-image-3969\" width=\"392\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jcimeitieremasse-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jcimeitieremasse-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jcimeitieremasse-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jcimeitieremasse-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jcimeitieremasse-2.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the summer of 1914, German and French troops fought around a dozen localities in southern Belgium. Among the numerous confrontations, those of August 20 to 24, 1914, have gone down in history as the bloodiest battles. France lost more than 130,000 men in Belgium, including more than 20,000 dead in the Ardennes and Gaume. &#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Maissin, the soldiers came from Brittany, but also from Vend\u00e9e, Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire. The German soldiers came from Hesse, in the central west of the Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dozen inhabitants were killed, others were wounded, many fled, and 75 houses were burned on the civilian side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Graves in the cemetery of Maissin\" class=\"wp-image-3977\" width=\"388\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maissin4-2-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JF1V2295-2-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Monument in the cemetery of Maissin\" class=\"wp-image-3973\" width=\"346\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JF1V2295-2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JF1V2295-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JF1V2295-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JF1V2295-2-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/JF1V2295-2.jpg 973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cemetery bears the name of Pierre Mass\u00e9, a veteran of the 19th infantry regiment of Brest. A Breton poet, his words speak for themselves:  &#13;\nUn cimeti\u00e8re est, en Belgique, devenu terre d\u2019Armorique<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un cimeti\u00e8re est, en Belgique, devenu terre d\u2019Armorique <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puisque nos enfants l\u2019ont peupl\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je veux l\u00e0-bas que l\u2019on me dresse ; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Et tous les si\u00e8cles de tendresse <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En mon granit accumul\u00e9 (\u2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Et pr\u00e8s de tous ceux qui reposent <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je deviendrai ces douces choses <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qu\u2019on ne peut jamais oublier ; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les invocations d\u2019une m\u00e8re, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Et l\u2019ombre apaisante et l\u00e9g\u00e8re 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