page_title: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes
section_title: Monument to the African Soldiers who died 1914–1918
hierarchical_section_title: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes / The area to the east of Reims / Monument to the African Soldiers who died 1914–1918
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Monument aux morts de l'Armée noire - Reims- A.Bluysen, architecte &amp; P. Moreau-Vauthiers, statuaire - Le monument fut érigé en 1924 (inauguré le 13 juillet). Il fut détruit par l'occupant allemand en septembre 1940. Un double original, le seul restant, se trouve à Bamako (place de la liberté). Un noveau monument fut édifié à la place mais d'un aspect différent. English: War Memorial of the "Black Army" composed of Senegalese soldiers serving in the French Army - Reims- A.Bluysen, architect &amp; P. ​​Moreau-Vauthiers, statuary - The monument was erected in 1924 (inaugurated on July 13). It was destroyed by the German occupation in September 1940. Two monuments were originally created, the ther is in Bamako (place of freedom). A new monument was built in reims, but with a different design.
context_page_description: This is the List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes.
  The modern-day Champagne-Ardenne, bordering Belgium in northeast France, covers four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne. This region saw much fighting in World War I and many battles, of which arguably the most important were the First Battle of the Marne and the Second Battle of the Marne. The First Battle of the Marne, also known as the Miracle of the Marne, was fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. The battle effectively ended the month-long German offensive that had opened the war and the counterattack of six French field armies and the British Expeditionary Force along the Marne River forced the German Imperial Army to abandon its push on Paris and retreat northeast to the Aisne river, setting the stage for four years of trench warfare on the Western Front
  The Second Battle of the Marne, fought from 15 July to 6 August 1918, was the last major German attack of their five-phase Spring Offensive. The German attack failed when an Allied counterattack led by French forces and including several hundred tanks overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank, inflicting severe casualties.
caption: The old Reims memorial to Black Soldiers
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