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French Cavalry Horses Swimming River in Northern France

A group of French cavalry horses swim neck-deep across a river in Northern France while soldiers in the background are transported across on a simple ferry.

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Tangled Ruins of Marne Bridge Blown Up by Germans and Red Cross Train Wreck.

The battered remains of the Marne Bridge and railroad, including a wrecked Red Cross train. The Germans deployed this explosion to destroy as much as possible in the wake of their retreat.

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National Road Bridge over the Marne, Blown up to Prevent German Advance.

The ruins of a bridge in Lagny, France, extending over the Marne River on the national highway. The British destroyed this, and many bridges like it, to prevent the Germans from gaining ground.

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Cannon Abandoned by Germans in Retreat at Acy, France

Two men stand in a field on either side of an abandoned German 77-mm. field gun, left from the first battle of the Marne.

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French Reserves from U.S.A. -- Some of the Two Million Fighters in the Battle of the Marne

Many Frenchmen who had been residing in the United States returned to Europe to fight. Here, a group of them sit on a field looking at the camera.

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Inspecting a Nearly Completed Pontoon Bridge in the French Sector of the West Front

On a river in France, inspecting officers walk across a constructed pontoon bridge flanked by pontoon boats each carrying three soldiers.

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French Troops Crossing the Marne by Pontoon Bridge

French troops after their victory at the first battle of the Marne following the retreating Germans across a pontoon bridge, made by laying a series of floating barges, as the permanent bridge had been destroyed. Several onlookers watch from the near...

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Battle of the Aisne, French Infantry, Transferring to Left Wing

French troops, still wearing the pre-war French Army uniform, on the march to extend the French lines north from the Aisne River and turn the right flank of the German Army

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Battle of the Aisne--Ammunition Wagons Shifting to a New Position

A group of French soldiers, charged with bringing ammunitions to the front by wagon. A few soldiers sit atop horses or on the wagon itself, while the rest are standing beside it.

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Decorating, Medaille Militaire, adjt. Dambrine. Severely Wonded, at Ablain St. Nazaire, France.

A ceremony of decoration for a French soldier who lies wounded, but alert, in the foreground. Behind him, French troops with bayonets stand at attention.

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