Monument de Gironde à Vivières
Places of memory
in Vivières
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In memory of Gaston de Gironde and his squadron
On the very spot where the German squadron was destroyed, a monument was erected. A simple pyramid surmounted by a cross. The inscription on the roadside reads: "In memory of Gaston de Gironde, lieutenant in the 16th Dragoon Regiment, who fell here as a valiant soldier, as he deserved. On the night of September 10, 1914, commanding a squadron sent out to reconnoiter among the German lines, he made a heroic attack on a convoy of German...In memory of Gaston de Gironde and his squadron
On the very spot where the German squadron was destroyed, a monument was erected. A simple pyramid surmounted by a cross. The inscription on the roadside reads: "In memory of Gaston de Gironde, lieutenant in the 16th Dragoon Regiment, who fell here as a valiant soldier, as he deserved. On the night of September 10, 1914, commanding a squadron sent out to reconnoiter among the German lines, he made a heroic attack on a convoy of German aeroplanes, which he destroyed".
On the back is a paragraph from the Chanson de Roland, and on the side the 13 names of those killed in the battle: 11 soldiers and 2 officers, including Gaston de Gironde.
Gaston de Gironde and two cavalrymen from the 16th Dragons who fought under his command are buried in the Vivières civil cemetery.
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