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1914-1918
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Awaiting Enemy in French Trenches with Rifle and Mitrailleuse.
French soldiers crouch behind a trench constructed of sandbags, brandishing rifles and machine guns.
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French Cavalry Ready to Follow an Infantry Attack.
Mounted French soldiers brandishing swords gather, awaiting orders to follow an impending infantry attack.
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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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