Timeline for Does anyone know anything about this poem
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| Sep 10, 2019 at 0:33 | comment | added | kimchi lover | 92nd Regiment, according to the Journal du Loire clipping PieterGeerkens gave, and according to this paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MIC19150402.2.8 | |
| Sep 9, 2019 at 22:27 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @PieterGeerkens - It seems possible. If he was really that well-known, then it shouldn't be too much trouble to find what unit he was associated with, and track its history. I'm quite sure the research is well beyond my skills though, as a guy who took 2 semesters of French in 6th grade every other Tuesday, and got a C-. | |
| Sep 9, 2019 at 22:18 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | Gustave Chatain is certainly a known historical figure - who served in the French Army during WW1. Here he is with Foch. If the incident of the poem occurred in August 1914, then they certainly would have recently retreated from the Ardennes to the east. | |
| Sep 9, 2019 at 21:39 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | This honestly ought to be a comment, but I thought it could use the extra paragraphs and links. When we get a better-informed answer, I'll happily delete it. | |
| Sep 9, 2019 at 21:32 | history | answered | T.E.D.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
