Tags
1917, Ailette, Canal de Saint-Quentin, Crozat Canal, France, Germany, Hindenburg Line, La Fere, Oise, Operation Alberich, Soissons, St Quentin
German resistance increasing; heavy fighting on the French left between St. Quentin and La Fère and on the Crozat Canal, which the French cross; French gains north of Soissons; they cross the Ailette, a tributary of the Oise.