First Name: | Edward | Last Name: | BRIDGES | |
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Date of Death: | 20/09/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Barking | |
Rank: | Gunner | Unit: | Royal Field Artillery 39 Brigade | |
Memorial Site: | 1. Barking Memorial 2. East Ham, Central Park 3. La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France | |||
Current Information:Age-25 25, George Street, Barking
The Battle of the Aisne 13-28 September, 1914 After the Germans were defeated on the Marne they fell back to the River Aisne, closely pursued by both the British and the French. The new German line was a very formidable defensive position. To attack it meant having to cross the Aisne and then climb up a 500 foot high ridge on top of which was the Chemin des Dames, a road that gave the Germans an easy way to move troops along the top of the hills. On 13th September the Aisne was crossed by both British and French troops but after that progress became slower, until there was no progress at all. Both sides dug in and the fighting settled down into trench warfare. The fighting on the Aisne continued for two weeks at the end of which both sides realised that frontal attacks on entrenched positions were both costly and non-productive, not that this deterred them from continuing with this tactic throughout the war. 39 Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery went to France at the beginning of the war as part of 1st Division and saw action in most of the early engagements including the Battle of the Aisne. |
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