Trou022 Le Désert Laubeuf, Batterie 5./A.R.1711
BATTERIE · StP.Gruppe Trouville · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France
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Inland from Trouville is Aéroport de Deaville-St-Gatien. Taking the D74 from Deauville/Trouville yo arrive at the roundabout La Croix Sonnet (Trou14). From there (a new road has been built) but after leaving the roundabout the battery was on the right in the fields. We think we found one Géschutzstellung (open emplacement) in the middle of the field.
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Batterie 5./A.R.1711.
4 x 15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).
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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f) would have covered 360deg and out to sea.
German army plan
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15.5cm s.F.H.414(f) one of four that would have stood here. These may have been horse artillery and pulled by between four or six horses.
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The open emplacement we found in the field.
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This looks like the field the battery was in. .
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German horse artillery moving through the countryside.
Bundesarchiv
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A closer look over the fence.
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Fittings around the top.
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Aéroport de Deaville-St-Gatien.
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