Original Photos - Page 16

These images are posted in respectfully memory to those represented.

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Mountains of shell casings collected for recycling.

Spent brass

Sheltered French co-operative in the lines.

Co-op

A posed shot with grenades and flame-thrower.

Combat group

Cyclists repairing telephone lines, January 1915.

Tech support

Territorials digging a support line trench, 1915.

Trench construction

Fench first-aid post with German prisoners helping out. Saint Vaast Quarries, Verdun.

First-aid post

A runner attempts to pass a flooded trench.

Flooded trench

French lcivilians at work makinf gas goggles, 1915.

Making gas goggles

French observer in a fake horse carcass.

Creative camouflage

Civilians working on uniforms.

French uniform factory

Likely a posed but dramatic action scene. Nonetheless, the image is effective in giving the viewer an idea of fighting in 1914.

Firing line

Likely a posed but dramatic action scene. Nonetheless, the image is effective in giving the viewer an idea of fighting in 1914.

À la baïonette

A sentinelle stands guard outside an entrance to Fort Vaux, Verdun.

Sentinelle

Two soldiers sitting in an advanced post in July 1918, after the war returned to movement. Note the ARS-17 gas masks.

Advanced post

A skirmish line digging fighting positions in 1918.

Entrenching

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