The ruined church at Condé-sur-Aisne
Saturday 19th September 1914: Our contact with the 1st
Battalion, still at Montgard Mill near Jury, has told us of an abortive shoot
by our artillery against the enemy on the north bank of the River Aisne:
“During the past few days we have collected a few of the stragglers that had
got separated from us on the Retreat. At 5 pm we were ordered to leave the mill
as the guns about us were going to bombard Sevres and Condé-sur-Aisne”.
“We left
and went off to Jury and we warned the miller to leave also hoping that he
would not return. He drove off with his wife and family in a great state of
excitement but returned later all right”. We returned soon after and nothing
happened”.
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