FEY-EN-HAYE. PLACE DE L’EGLISE IN 1915
REGNIÉVILLE VILLAGE AND THE RUINED BELFRY OF THE CHURCH
For a long time Regniéville was the advance-post of the French line between Mort-Mare Wood, on the left, and Prêtre Wood, on the right. At the beginning of April, 1915, the French advance was especially dangerous for the enemy, whose counter-attacks became more frequent. It was evident that the slightest advance in the direction of Thiaucourt would hamper the German communications between Metz and St. Mihiel, and would hinder the revictualling of the troops as well as the steady supply of reinforcements and munitions. That is why, on April 9, the Germans made fifteen successive attacks to drive the French from their trenches and the edge of Mort-Mare Wood.