Bois-le-Prêtre fighting

Bois-le-Prêtre fighting (Priest's Wood, Priesterwald in German) was an engagement in the First World War between September 1914 and July 1915, involving the French 73rd Division and the 128th Division (the Wolves of Bois-le-Prêtre) and the German 121st Division.

Fighting at Bois-le-Prêtre
Part of Race to the Sea
Bois-le-Prêtre in 1915
Date September 1914 to July 1915 Location Pont-à-Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France 48°54′54″N 6°00′11″E Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
France	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Henri Lebocq	Kurt von Ditfurth
Units involved
167th Infantry Regiment 168th Division 73rd Division 128th Division	121st Division

Situation

Bois le Prêtre is a Lorraine forest, to the north-west of the town of Pont-a-Mousson near the Moselle River. In 1914 German troops attacked Verdun fortifications which are a strong point inside the French defenses lines.

Facts

• The villages of Regniéville, Remenauville and Fey-en-Haye were destroyed.
• Bois-le-Pretre was one of the first mission of the volunteer American Ambulance's Field Service

German cemetery (Thiaucourt-Regniéville)

French Le Pétant cemetery (Montauville)

1915

See also

• Battle of Grand Couronné
• Battle of Saint-Mihiel

External links

• http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Poilu/Pretre_01.htm
• http://jmpicquart.pagesperso-orange.fr/ambtextGB.htm