tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2485881111057169273..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Le pont de Saint-AignanKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63267835151387556462017-05-16T03:57:52.476+02:002017-05-16T03:57:52.476+02:00Another major cause of fatalities in WWI was infec...Another major cause of fatalities in WWI was infection, because there was no effective offset. Even a scratch could become infected and eventually result in amputation or death. Penicillin wasn't discovered until the late 1920s, and it was only well into WWII that it was used against infection. So some of those wounded in your area may have had that kind of bad luck.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90608400197701545102017-05-15T16:02:36.850+02:002017-05-15T16:02:36.850+02:00I hope the bridge stays in place since it looks so...I hope the bridge stays in place since it looks so nice there. Perhaps they will build a new one at a spot that helps everyone get to the zoo quicker. <br /><br />The first photo is lovely. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-24848077719592103892017-05-15T15:16:27.894+02:002017-05-15T15:16:27.894+02:00How touching and sad , the monument . I don't...How touching and sad , the monument . I don't like going over bridges lol ... I am a nutter. But I like looking at them.Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59092255917298293982017-05-15T13:06:23.664+02:002017-05-15T13:06:23.664+02:00Oh, my heavens. Thanks, Susan, and Ken, for this i...Oh, my heavens. Thanks, Susan, and Ken, for this information about the fallen soldiers, and the hospital.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65482360016706230022017-05-15T12:25:46.253+02:002017-05-15T12:25:46.253+02:00The bridge in Avignon is a bridge to nowhere since...The bridge in Avignon is a bridge to nowhere since a least one arch is missing. So no traffic!uchmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10251618524422328362017-05-15T11:50:00.021+02:002017-05-15T11:50:00.021+02:00Trop de voitures de nos jours, je pense.Trop de voitures de nos jours, je pense.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60139104648219675232017-05-15T11:48:53.362+02:002017-05-15T11:48:53.362+02:00Thanks Susan. The 1918 flu epidemic. I lost ancest...Thanks Susan. The 1918 flu epidemic. I lost ancestors to that one in N.C.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74646345063457464712017-05-15T11:28:15.558+02:002017-05-15T11:28:15.558+02:00Mais l'on n'y danse pas, je suppose?!Mais l'on n'y danse pas, je suppose?!Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11033874042126364182017-05-15T08:57:18.095+02:002017-05-15T08:57:18.095+02:00I believe many of them died in the influenza epide...I believe many of them died in the influenza epidemic at the end of the war. The hospital was used, among other things, as a base for treating infectious diseases. Here's a link to the post I wrote about the memorial and the hospital: <a href="https://daysontheclaise.blogspot.fr/2011/01/american-camp.html" rel="nofollow">The American Camp</a>.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13529759865910219842017-05-15T08:02:51.302+02:002017-05-15T08:02:51.302+02:00Yes, there was a hospital here. I'm not sure w...Yes, there was a hospital here. I'm not sure whether it was in Montrichard or Saint-Aignan (or Noyers). And you're right about 'sont morts' — it struck me as odd when I wrote 'killed' because there were no World War I battles in this part of France, were there? So yes, wounded soldiers were brought here for medical care and some of them died here in the Cher Valley.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6819497701767294902017-05-15T07:57:08.438+02:002017-05-15T07:57:08.438+02:00Solid and strong bridgeSolid and strong bridgeGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12905628421413436152017-05-15T07:42:26.735+02:002017-05-15T07:42:26.735+02:00I wonder if that depot was also a field hospital w...I wonder if that depot was also a field hospital where soldiers wounded on the front were sent, because the legend says the Americans soldiers died in this region. It doesn't say thet were killed. It's ambiguous, to say the least.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com