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French Reserves Watching Their Comrades Going Into "The Valley of the Shadow"

French soldiers stand in front of a desolate field, watching their fellow soldiers march to the front.

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His Last Fight--"See he lies, death staring from his eyes"--Somewhere in France.

A dead soldier, his nationality is unable to identify as his helmet is missing and his uniform obscured by rubble, lies at the bottom of a trench.

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French Mine Explosion under Enemy Trenches

A soldier looks across a desolate field at smoke billowing from an exploding German trench.

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"Setting the stage for the Devil's play"- French Front

This photograph is of soldiers setting up barbed wire. It was used frequently on the front lines.

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Ripped and Battered to Death by the Enemy- a Derelict tank, Cambrai

This photograph is of a tank that has been destroyed by battle. The shells that struck it were powerful enough to rip through the large machine.

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