Bloc Waucomont Battice

This is Bloc Waucomont.

At war-time this was the entrance to the fort of Battice. This fort was located about one kilometer to the north. .

The Bloc has two turrets and an air-intake (photograph 4).

One of the turrets was heavyly taken under fire at the first days of the second world war. The ricochets of machinegunfire and shells of German PAK 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone) are well visible. The PAK 36 was an anti-tank fieldartillary piece which was very common in use in the German Army. The traces of shell impact are even after more then 80 years still visible and a silent witness. Photograph 3 shows a threetime attempt to shoot straight in one of the observationholes !

The bunker is located in a deep dug out, so soldiers could safely and unseen access the fort. Only the turrets stood above grondlevel.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski

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