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A Battery of the Famous 270 Mortars (Howitsers), Mt. St. Eloi.

A Howitzer gun is positioned amongst the trees in a forest in France. Two soldiers stand nearby.

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Entrenched Highlanders on the Lookout Using Mirror Periscope.

Two Scottish soldiers in a trench use a periscope to look out into No Man's Land above. There is a horn nearby, which is used to warn their fellow troops in the case of a gas attack.

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President Pointcare and Marshall Joffre Visiting Officers' Quarters on the Somme Front.

President Raymond Poincare and Marshall Joseph Joffre visit the Officers' Quarters at the Somme camp. In the center, President Poincare and an aide are in conversation. Marshall Joffre, the Commander-in-Chief of the French forces during World War I...

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Tatoi Trenches in the Croisettes Wood Showing Officers in Consultation Just Half an Hour Before the Attack on the Somme Line.

A group of officers discusses military plans shortly before carrying out the first attack of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.

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Serving Food from a Movable Kitchen in Ruined Curlu on the Somme.

French soldiers on the Somme front in France eat soup served from a movable kitchen. In the background, there are damaged buildings.

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Ruins of Famous Church at Albert, France.

A view of the partially ruined brick Church of Notre Dame de Brebieres at Albert, France. The village was only a few miles north of the Somme River. In the foreground, there are large piles of collapsed bricks.

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Ruined Villae of Eclusiers, France. M'lle Semmer Decorated for Heroic Actions under Fire.

Two soldiers stand on either side of Mademoiselle Marcelle Semmer, a young woman from Eclusiers, a village on the Somme. She was honored with the Cross of the Legion of Honor and the War Cross for putting herself at risk to air the French war effort.

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The World Renowned Cathedral at Reims, France, Ruined by the Germans.

A view of the buttresses and steeples of the Cathedral of Reims, which was shelled by German troops as they left the city. The cathedral was used as a hospital during wartime.

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Ruins of Once Magnificent Reims, France.

A landscape of destroyed buildings and bare frames of houses in Reims, France.

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"The Dogs of War Let Loose Are Howling" -- French 320's in Action, near Reims.

A row of four French railroad guns used to defend the city of Reims, France.

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