Main title. "French soldiers advancing under cover of smoke of a burning farm house. This is only one of the many farmers' houses that have been destroyed in the war". Filmed from the brow of a low/small hill a farm building can be seen in a valley with smoke pouring from it. A small number of French infantry take kneeling firing positions and advance on the farm house. Some throw smoke grenades. This may be a training exercise rather than a full military attack.