This consists of the more minor works set between the main forts, the ouvrages and abris. Ouvrages were smaller forts designed to hold around a company of infantry, some were later upgraded to include some artillery. Abris were concrete shelters, again of around company size, designed to shelter troops manning the many batteries originally outside of the forts, as well as various concrete infantry positions known as retranchements de infanterie. For this reason I have put a retranchement de infanterie adjacent to each abris.
As with the forts some compromise has been made between ground scale (1" = 80 yards) and figure scale (6mm) so they are not an exact representation.
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| Thiaumont, as with all the Ourages the counterscarp revetment is still masonry, whilst the scarp has been reinforced with concrete |
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| Thiaumont |
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| Thiaumont with some Baccus French infantry for size comparison |
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| Bezonvaux |
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| Bezonvaux |
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| Hardaumont |
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| La Lauffee |
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| La Lauffee |
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| Some generic forts |
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| Some generic forts |
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| Abri with retranchements de infanterie |
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| Abri with retranchements de infanterie |
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| Abri with retranchements de infanterie |
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| Abri with retranchements de infanterie |
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| Abri with retranchements de infanterie and a Baccus French machine gun for size comparison |
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