The Chasseurs Alpins, the famous French mountain riflemen carrying out a dashing charge on skis at Hermannsweiler Kopf in Alsace. Forty Chasseurs Alpins, under an officer, were in position among a forest of fir trees when the hill was surrounded by the enemy. They dashed down the hill with bayonets fixed but were outnumbered and after a fierce hand-to-hand fight, were all killed.