Pierre Grande Guerre

Funny topic, because it is rather subjective. Nevertheless, my subjective favorite unit: the "Armeegruppe Gaede" and in particular the “Württembergisches Gebirgs-Bataillon”, later the "W. G. Regiment". The reason ? See my photo impression about their first base along the front where they were deployed, Rimbach Vosges. ( The first link about the forgotten General Gaede refers to my WFA lecture about the Tactical Significance of General Gaede) . Well, simultaneously it is clear , who my favorite German General is.

Since I am a grandfather and since it is now X-mas, Chris, I ask for your patience. In a couple of days I will look for my account of Gen. von Moser of the Armeegruppe Arras. I can send you the Canadian trench map, a large bitmap file, if printed, it has the size of a conference table. Please, send me privately your e-mail adress, which makes me able to upload it later for you in a dropbox. I will also consult my 2010/2011 notes on this subject. I have bad memory for numbers of units, alas. So please, have some patience with me.

Perhaps this link to my photo impression about Cambrai might be helpful to help you on the right track? http://pierreswesternfront.punt.nl/content/2011/07/cambrai .