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A la mémoire du cuirassier Charles Pierre Caillé, né le 17 janvier 1895 à Saint-Germain sur Avre (Eure). Cavalier du 12ème régiment de cuirassiers, tué d'un coup de feu au ventre dans le bois du Quesnoy, au sud-est de Dommiers (Aisne) le mercredi 12 juin 1918. Mort pour la France à 23 ans. Sa compagnie se trouvant encerclée par l'ennemi, seuls 21 soldats purent en réchapper. Maître du terrain, l'ennemi fit exécuter la corvée d'ensevelissement le 23 juin 1918, soit onze jours après sa mort, et sa dépouille mortelle fut inhumée dans une fosse commune creusée dans le bois du Quesnaoy situé, à ce moment là, à 1800 mètres de la première ligne allemande. Cette inscription est destinée à conserver dans notre mémoire reconnaissante le nom du cavalier Charles Pierre Caillé et ceux de ses camarades qui, luttant pour notre liberté, sont morts héroïquement au combat, sans que leurs restes mortels puissent, dans les ciconstances de leur disparition, recevoir les honneurs qui leur étaient dûs.

English translation: In memory of the cuirassier Charles Pierre Caillé, born on January 17, 1895 in Saint-Germain sur Avre (Eure). Horseman of the 12th regiment of cuirassiers, killed by a shot in the belly in the woods of Quesnoy, southeast of Dommiers (Aisne) on Wednesday, June 12, 1918. Died for France at 23 years old. With his company surrounded by the enemy, only 21 soldiers were able to escape from it. Master of the field, the enemy had the burial chore performed on 23 June 1918, 11 days after his death, and his mortal remains were buried in a mass grave dug in the woods of Quesnaoy located at that time 1800 metres from the first German line. This inscription is intended to preserve in our grateful memory the name of the rider Charles Pierre Caillé and those of his comrades who, struggling for our freedom, died heroically in combat, without their mortal remains being able, in the circumstances of their disappearance, to receive the honours owed to them. [AWS Translate]

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