Bridge Pont de la Croix Gembloux

Rue Augustin Romain, Gembloux
Namur, Belgium

Pont De La Croix, text on the bridge: [i]PONT LIEUTENANT DE BERANGER ET SERGEANT BOUCHERIE TOMBÉS ICI 15-5-1940 BRIDGE LIEUTENANT DE BERANGER AND SERGEANT BOUCHERIE FALLEN HERE AT 15-5-1940[/i] Text on the board for the bridge: [i]BATAILLE DE GEMBLOUX - MAI 1940 PONT DE LA CROIX ENJEU DE VIOLENTS COMBATS. LES ALLEMANDS NE PURENT LE CAPTURER INTACT. LE GENIE FRANCAIS LE FIT SAUTER LE 14 AU SOIR. BATTLE GEMBLOUX - MAY 1940 PONT DE LA CROIX (BRIDGE OF THE CROSS) THE GERMANS COULD NOT IN THE VIOLENT FIGHTING CONQUER THE BRIDGE INTACT. THE FRENCH GENIE LET IT EXPLODE ON THE EVENING OF THE 14th[/i]

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