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| A French Family Evacuating Verdun |
On the morning of the 21st of February [1916], it was very quiet. Then at 7:15 am, the hissing sound of shell broke the silence of the dawn. We heard one explosion, then ten, then a thousand. Shells were falling evey 3 seconds.
My regiment had to help evacuate the the last civilians from Verdun, as quickly as possibe. The constant explosions ran through the deserted streets. Until 4pm, shells rained down on the front line. The nightmare had only just begun.
From a French Soldier
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