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1914
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At Longwy, France--Ruins Around Main Gateway
Three German soldiers sit in front of piles of rubble with the remains of two bombed buildings behind them.
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"Mur Tschoffen" Wall in Dinant before which Germans Shot Many Loyal Belgians
A Belgian family stand in front of the memorial at the wall at Dinant where invading German soldiers executed a number of Belgian citizens after the invasion in August 1914.
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1914-1918
Altar of Malines Cathedral. Wrecked by German Shells.
A priest sits beside the destroyed altar at the Cathedral of St. Rombaut in Malines, Belgium, a town bombarded several times over the course of the war.
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Cardinal Mercier, Renowned Belgian Prelate, Speaking at Dinant, Belgium
Cardinal Mercier speaks to a crowd at the cathedral in Dinant, Belgium, a town that suffered a massacre of Belgian civilians when the Germans invaded in 1914. Mercier was known for speaking out passionately against German atocities in Beglium...
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French Refugees Fleeing Into Amines From the Somme District
A group of French refugees and their belongings piled onto a cart leading them into Amiens after the German invasion of the Somme District in 1918
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Belgian Refugees Housed in Alexandria Palace, London
A group of Belgian refugees, mostly women and children, sit amongst row of beds inside Alexandria Palace, on the outskirts of London.
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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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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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The Highland Regiment of the British Army Marching Through Boulogne
The British Highland Regiment, a regiment of Scotsman, marching through the city of Boulogne, on the first day that British troops arrived in France.
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Canadian Artillery Proceeding to the Front
A group of Canadian artillery soldiers manning cannons at the front.
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Marshal Haig and General Antoine at Review of French First Division
Sir Douglas Haig, Commander of the British armies in France during the war, stands left, speaking with General Antoine of the 1st Division of the French Army.
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Ypres Cathedral in Ruins, British Lory in Foreground
The battered ruins of the Cathedral of St. Martin's in Ypres, Belgium from German artillery fire. Its conspicuous height made it a target.
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Shell Bursting in the Grand' Place, Ypres, Belgium
An explosion goes off in the central plaza of destroyed Ypres, Belgium, surrounded by ruins of crumbling buildings.
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Trenches Bitterly Contested in Battle in Once Peaceful Village near Ypres
A deep trench runs through the village of Ypres amongst the battered and crumbling houses.
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Creeping on the Enemy Over the Sand Dumes, British Contingent in Belgium
Allied soldiers take advantage of natural cover provided by brush growing on sand dunes in coastal Belgium.
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