ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 31 [Main]

Machado with President Poincaré at Verdun inspects the troops, and presents the Mayor of Verdun with the Order of the Tower and the Sword. The two presidents enter through the defences of the city and tour round them by car. They go on to the Aisne area, surveying the view from the Quennevières Farm plateau using maps, and walking through the ruins of Chauny. They go up into the observation tower …