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These photographs were taken near where the well known 'Crossing of the Meuse' took place on the night of November 10th, 1918. ed.

Image of Letanne train station The Letanne-Beaumont train station, which is just a short walk to the river. The maps carried this is an historic/tourist railway and there was evidence that the tracks were used, but I didn't see any evidence anywhere of any trains.
Image of Letanne Letanne at night
Image of Letanne church Church at Letanne
Image of fields near Letanne Fog rising in the fields beyond the Meuse River near Letanne. This is looking east toward where the German lines would have been. You can see the moon starting to rise and reflected in the water
Image looking south from Letanne Looking south along the railway from Letanne.
photos & text © 2009 Brian Sullivan
 
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