In Montsou, the miners work hard and are not spared from accidents that sometimes prove fatal. Etienne Lantier, in hi...

Hennebeau announces to the miners that new work sites will be opened, but there are fewer of them than teams and the ...

The strike breaks out and is particularly well attended at all the pits. It even gained momentum in the face of infle...

The march quickly took on the air of a revolution. At the Jean Bart shaft, strikers destroyed the installations, forc...

Despite all this suffering, the workers still refuse to give up the strike. Perceived as the strike leader by the aut...

Etienne realized his failure and fell into despair. Some, like Maheude, don't want to give up, but they're in the min...