Mouilly

Late September1914: Maurice Genevoix and Those of 14 are stationed in Mouilly. The village has the advantage of being very close to the strategic crossroads of Calonne, but is within firing range of the German artillery, which will lead the 106th RI to change to a different sector for stationing at rest. It is also the base for the ambulance, that is the health service unit in charge of administering first aid to injured soldiers from the Calonne trench and Les Eparges before evacuation.
“slowly, hobbling along, more and more injured men return to the village. Dressings and bloody cotton pads pile up in the first aid posts, in the barns (…) we hear abrupt shouts through the open doors” (Quote from the book by Maurice Genevoix, Ceux de 14, Editions Flammarion)