IN THE GERMAN VILLAGE OF BRÛLÉ WOOD American soldier looking at Insignia of the 28th Engineers.
Brûlé Wood
Lying almost on the edge of the Forest of Apremont, Brûlé Wood commanded the cross-roads on which the village of Apremont stands.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN GERMAN VILLAGE OF BRÛLÉ WOOD
The German trenches were only fifty yards from the French lines at this point. For months, bombs, grenades and rockets made an inferno of the place. The proximity of the respective lines required the utmost precautions, constant watching and listening, with finger on the trigger of the rifle, absolute silence, no sleep and no smoking (smoking might give an objective to the bombers). The nervous tension was so great that the average stay of a battalion was only eight days.