Mémorial des chasseurs d'Afrique
The Prussian and Bavarian artillery, more numerous and more effective, quickly neutralized the French artillery then, by its terribly effective shots, it massacred with impunity our magnificent regiments of Chasseurs d'Afrique, Hussars,
of Cuirassiers…
General Margueritte's cavalry can only charge for honor in a desperate situation, but their heroic charges are the last and most pathetic in French cavalry history.
The Memorial and the steles of the 12 Chasseurs d'Afrique Regiments which are spread out to the right and left of the central monument are indeed dedicated to the memory of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, but this monument, due to the sculptor Emile Guillaume, bears in all its width the large inscription "In honor of the French cavalry" which leaves no doubt about the national importance of this high place. It is also called "the Brave People" to remind us that the King of Prussia, William I, admiring this heroism, could not help exclaiming "Ah, the Brave People", following the battle from the twin of the chemin des Romains in Frénois.
At the foot of the monument were grouped under a large slab, in 1950, the body of Lieutenant Colonel de Liniers who commanded the 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique and those of approximately 150 officers and cavalrymen fallen during the charges, previously buried at the foot of the oldest oak tree in Sedan surrounded by an enclosure which still remains today a place of remembrance and contemplation, at a place called "Fond de Cazal".
of Cuirassiers…
General Margueritte's cavalry can only charge for honor in a desperate situation, but their heroic charges are the last and most pathetic in French cavalry history.
The Memorial and the steles of the 12 Chasseurs d'Afrique Regiments which are spread out to the right and left of the central monument are indeed dedicated to the memory of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, but this monument, due to the sculptor Emile Guillaume, bears in all its width the large inscription "In honor of the French cavalry" which leaves no doubt about the national importance of this high place. It is also called "the Brave People" to remind us that the King of Prussia, William I, admiring this heroism, could not help exclaiming "Ah, the Brave People", following the battle from the twin of the chemin des Romains in Frénois.
At the foot of the monument were grouped under a large slab, in 1950, the body of Lieutenant Colonel de Liniers who commanded the 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique and those of approximately 150 officers and cavalrymen fallen during the charges, previously buried at the foot of the oldest oak tree in Sedan surrounded by an enclosure which still remains today a place of remembrance and contemplation, at a place called "Fond de Cazal".
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