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1914-1918
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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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British Royal Engineers Constructing Second Line Trenches in Flanders
British Royal Engineers, who were part of the army troops, dig trenches outside of Flanders, Belgium.
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"And the Trench Was a Reeking Shambles," German Dead in the La Bassee Area.
German soldiers lie dead and dying behind a trench in La Basse, part of the Battle of Flanders.
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1917
Strong Concrete German Position and Victims after the Battle of Menin Road
Dead German soldiers lie behind the damaged fortification of a trench in Flanders, Belgium at the Battle of Menin Road.
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British Soldiers Gleaning in the Fields of War, Menin Road.
A British soldier uses a long plank to move a piece of wood aside on a ravaged battlefield at Menin Road, likely to pick up a valuable left behind by a fallen German.
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Where Hell Was Loosed; War's Indescribable Desolation and Unburied Victims, Lens.
A desolate, ravaged battlefield with the bodies of dead soldiers in Lens, France.
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No Man's Land near Lens, France.
A scene of torn up countryside, dead soldiers, and destroyed trees outside of Lens, France.
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