French soldier and Audebert's batman who secretly crosses no-man's-land to visit his mother with German soldiers' help. He is fatally shot by Jonathan but his dying revelation about his son Henri deeply impacts Audebert and the general.
A close professional bond where Ponchel acts as Audebert's loyal aide.
Ponchel becomes a casualty of the military's attempt to enforce the truce's end.
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