{"id":5691,"date":"2021-11-04T15:32:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T14:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/sites-historiques\/fort-vaux\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T10:15:50","slug":"fort-vaux","status":"publish","type":"sites-historiques","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sites-historiques\/fort-vaux\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Vaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The observatory <\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 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-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Vaux\" class=\"wp-image-4309\" width=\"403\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Fort-de-Vaux_Denis_Bdts1-min-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><figcaption>\u00a9 Land of Memory<\/figcaption><\/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>The construction of Fort Vaux took place from 1881 to 1884. It served as an observatory to monitor the plateau of the Vaux Ravine and the Wo\u00ebvre Plain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, the fort was part of the first sector of the stronghold of Verdun. Its garrison consisted of a half-company of infantry, two sections of machine guns, 52 fortress auxiliaries, and 279 men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 2, 1916, the Germans took control of the village of Vaux-devant-Damloup, but the fort resisted. From June 2 to 7, 1916, the French soldiers faced the German 50th Division. But the troops, exhausted, had to surrender. However, the Germans failed at Verdun and abandoned the fort in the fall. On the night of November 2 to 3, 1916, the French troops liberated the fort without a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can still visit the command post, infirmary, telecommunication post, dovecote, and Bourges casemate. A visit to Fort Vaux allows us to better understand the challenging living conditions of the soldiers during the siege. Bombarded between March 9 and June 7, 1916, by nearly 8,000 shells per day, it retains a particularly bumpy appearance today and bears witness to the violence of the bombardments.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","type_site":[48],"class_list":["post-5691","sites-historiques","type-sites-historiques","status-publish","hentry","type_site-war-forts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First World War: Fort Vaux<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sites-historiques\/fort-vaux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First World War: Fort Vaux\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The observatory The construction of Fort Vaux took place from 1881 to 1884. 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