Daily Mail

The men with the steadiest hands in France: Two-man team who comb the countryside for unexploded First World War shells

They may look like farm workers in the fields of the tranquil French countryside. But specialist Guy Momper and his colleague Raoul Weber are actually combing the landscape for unexploded shells fired ...
Reuters

100 years on, buried WWI shells pose threat in French fields

VERDUN France (Reuters) - The fields and woods around Verdun, site of one of the most devastating and protracted battles of World War One, may now appear tranquil. But remnants of the war - unexploded ...
Daily Mail

Over 1,650 German mortar shells unearthed near site of First World War's Battle of Verdun

Some 1,652 German mortar shells have been found in a small French village in the Hinterland between France and Germany - a flash point in the First World War. The village Coucy-lès-Eppes, where the ...
The Lowell Sun

German, French leaders mark 100 years since Battle of Verdun

VERDUN, France (AP) — In solemn ceremonies Sunday in the forests of eastern France, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked 100 years since the Battle of Verdun, ...
NDTV

100 Years on, Buried World War I Shells Pose Threat in French Fields

The pack of riders cycles past the cemetery outside of the WWI Douaumont ossuary near Verdun during the 234.5 km seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Epernay to Nancy July 11, 2014.