{"id":493,"date":"2022-09-16T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2022-09-16T12:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:30:32","slug":"theodore-kruger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/theodore-kruger\/","title":{"rendered":"Th\u00e9odore KR\u00dcGER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"493\" class=\"elementor elementor-493\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1bf9c163 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1bf9c163\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5996c29f\" data-id=\"5996c29f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a417673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a417673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.5 - 14-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Theodore-Kruger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8b73aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8b73aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.5 - 14-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Le Sous-Officier Th\u00e9odore KR\u00dcGER, n\u00e9 le 4 octobre 1887 \u00e0 GARWITZ pr\u00e8s de Parchim, avait accompli son service obligatoire de 1906 \u00e0 1908 \u00e0 Schwerin dans le 60\u00e8me R\u00e9giment d\u2019Artillerie de Campagne \u201dGrand-Duc de Mecklemburg\u201d.<\/p><p>En ao\u00fbt 1914, lors de la mobilisation, il fut affect\u00e9 de nouveau au 60\u00e8me R\u00e9giment d\u2019Artillerie de Campagne, puis transf\u00e9r\u00e9 au 108\u00e8me R\u00e9giment d\u2019Artillerie de Campagne (54\u00e8me Division d\u2019Infanterie) tout nouvellement form\u00e9, en tant que chef-canonnier dans la 8\u00e8me Batterie.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6d878d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6d878d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-da49557\" data-id=\"da49557\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c6f480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c6f480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"271\" src=\"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/monument-artillerie-cologne.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">le monument \u00e0 la gloire de l'artillerie \u00e0 Cologne mettant en sc\u00e8ne l'artilleur de Flesqui\u00e8res (le monument n'existe plus, seul subsiste le socle) <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdf7ec6\" data-id=\"fdf7ec6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be9de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9be9de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Durant la Bataille de Cambrai, le 20 novembre 1917, lorsque les Britanniques sans pr\u00e9paration d\u2019artillerie et par surprise utilis\u00e8rent massivement les tanks pour attaquer, le 108<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> r\u00e9giment se distingua particuli\u00e8rement dans son r\u00f4le de d\u00e9fense.<\/p><p>La description de ces combats, dans les annales de la guerre, met nettement en \u00e9vidence l\u2019action du Sous-Officier KR\u00dcGER ; cela est m\u00eame confirm\u00e9 dans les compte-rendus Anglais. Sa bravoure est m\u00eame soulign\u00e9e par le commandant en chef du Corps Exp\u00e9ditionnaire Britannique, Sir Douglas Haig!<\/p><p>La 8\u00e8me batterie du 108<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> d\u2019Artillerie de Campagne se trouvait dans une situation tr\u00e8s p\u00e9rilleuse, non loin du village de FLESQUI\u00c8RES avec 4 canons de 77 (FK 96 n.A).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-56e7250 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56e7250\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d3e158\" data-id=\"6d3e158\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f667549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f667549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Quand l\u2019adversaire entreprit, de trois c\u00f4t\u00e9s, une attaque enveloppante soutenue par les tanks, le chef de batterie donna l\u2019ordre de repli. Il ne voulait pas sacrifier ses derniers hommes en vain. Les tirs n\u2019avaient servi \u00e0 rien.<\/p><p>Sur le canon de l\u2019aile gauche, situ\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart, il restait encore quelques munitions. Le chef-canonnier, le Sous-Officier KR\u00dcGER, malgr\u00e9 l\u2019ordre re\u00e7u, prit sur lui de tirer, seul avec son canon, sans faillir alors que l\u2019ennemi \u00e9tait \u00e0 moins de 200 m\u00e8tres.<\/p><p>Il d\u00e9truisit tank apr\u00e8s tank.<\/p><p>Lorsque les Britanniques atteignirent son canon, le Sous-Officier KR\u00dcGER continua \u00e0 se d\u00e9fendre au pistolet&#8230; jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la mort.<\/p><p>Philippe Lafarge<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db3d9c\" data-id=\"1db3d9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32b8b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e32b8b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"189\" src=\"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/theodore-kruger-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/theodore-kruger-2.jpg 190w, http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/theodore-kruger-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Sous-Officier Th\u00e9odore KR\u00dcGER, n\u00e9 le 4 octobre 1887 \u00e0 GARWITZ pr\u00e8s de Parchim, avait accompli son service obligatoire de 1906 \u00e0 1908 \u00e0 Schwerin dans le 60\u00e8me R\u00e9giment d\u2019Artillerie de Campagne \u201dGrand-Duc de Mecklemburg\u201d. En ao\u00fbt 1914, lors de la mobilisation, il fut affect\u00e9 de nouveau au 60\u00e8me R\u00e9giment d\u2019Artillerie de Campagne, puis transf\u00e9r\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tank-cambrai.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}