First Name: | John | Last Name: | ADAMS | |
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Date of Death: | 13/09/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Bethnal Green | |
Rank: | Gunner | Unit: | Royal Field Artillery 42 Brigade 29 Battery | |
Memorial Site: | 1. Bethnal Green Library 2. La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial | |||
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The Battle of the Aisne 13th September -28 September 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. On 13th September, 42 Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, part of 3rd Division, moved forward towards the Aisne. At 8.30am they halted to the north of Braine when German shells began bursting on the road but within an hour were on the move again and continued on to Brenelle. John Adams was killed on this day, probably during this period of shelling but there is no mention of any casualties in the Brigade Diary. |
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