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Upon his return at Seddül-Bahir, general Gourand made for a completely white memorial stone, which com-memorates the exact spot where he was wounded.  The small wall behind which there was a first aid post and across which the general was thrown -by the strengh of the explosion of the shell-  and the fig tree on which he fell are still there.

Translated from "The Dardanelles", Paris, National Association of Veteran Groups of the  Dardanelles, p. 144

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