British Soldier and German dressers helping an injured German Soldier out of the basement in which they were found and taken prisoners, August 8, 1918.
British Soldier and German dressers helping an injured German Soldier out of the basement in which they were found and taken prisoners, August 8, 1918.
This photograph was taken 105 years ago in the village of Sailly-Laurette on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, August 8, 1918.
This day was known as the "1st day in the history of the German Army" by German General Erich Ludendorff. After the Allied advance on August 8, 1918, morale in the German army had collapsed, as thousands of German soldiers began to surrender almost in sight of the Allies, fed up of war and unwilling to risk their lives in a war that she was becoming more and more evidently lost.
Danish-German soldier Claus Hansen Eskildsen, a 37-year-old Unteroffizier of the 266th Reserve Infantry Regiment of Germany, fought in Amiens on August 8 and described the scene in his memoir. "Ludendorff calls August 8 ""the black day"" in German military history.".
The unexpected English attack on the Avre River and the German divisions that almost did not oppose resistance. The Avre is crossed, "our" city Hangest-sur-Somme and others are captured. "

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