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Walk
Two French soldiers walking through a deserted village.
Autochrome Color picture made in 1917.
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Hospital Staff
Doctors, nurses and soldiers posing in front of an French Army Hospital.
Picture made in 1917.
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Train
Train, riddled by bullits.
French Army picture made in 1917.
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Time Off
French and British soldiers strolling through the old city of Bergues, Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.
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Time Off (2)
Another picture of French and British soldiers in the city of Bergues, Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.
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Railway
French Engineering Corps working on a railway.
This railway is meant for the artillery, to transport ammunition and guns.
Picture made in the vicinity of Soissons, Northern France, 1917.
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Heavy Gun
A French 370 mm gun, camouflaged and mounted on a sort of bogie.
Picture made near Steenkerke, in Flanders (Belgium), 1917.
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Sailors
These French sailors are navy gunners.
Armies often made use of heavy ships artillery, mounted on train undercarriages.
To handle these guns the navy had specialised gunners.
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Provisioning
French soldier getting provisions.
Picture made in the French city of Reims, 1917.
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Hole
A shell hole in the tower of the church of Saint-Jean des Vignes, in Soissons, Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.
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More Holes
A French soldier looks through a hole in the wall of a building.
Note the destroyed advertising for Michelin tyres. Picture made in the Belgian village of Woesten, 1917.
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French line
The French line near Het Sas (the lock) in the Belgian village of Boesinghe.
Picture made in 1917.
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Oriental
An Indo-Chinese soldier of the French army.
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Red Cross
Ambulances with red crosses near the village of Boesinghe in Flanders (Belgium).
Picture made in 1917.
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Photographer
An official French army photographer looking for a place to install his apparatus.
Picture made in the ruins of Reims, Northern France, 1917.
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Bar
A barge with an estaminet (bar, café), moored on a bank of the river Yser.
There is soldier holding a fishing rod, near the entrance to the barge.
Picture made near Rexpoede, Northern France, 1917.
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Toilet
A French soldier makes his toilet at a public fountain in a street in Reims, Northern France.
Picture made in spring 1917.
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The General's Tent
In a wood in Northern France, safely away front the frontline, the general has his billets in a tent. A soldier stands guard.
Picture made in 1917.
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MP's
A Belgian military policeman (left) and a French collegue.
Picture made in a French military camp near the Belgian village of Woesten, 1917.
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Debris
Debris in the half destroyed cathedral of Soissons, Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.
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Hospital Camp
A French hospital camp on the banks of the river Yser.
Picture made near the village of Roesbrugge, Northern France, 1917.
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Healing Sun
Convalescing French soldiers brought into the sun. They have umbrella's.
Picture made near the villae of Roesbrugge, Northern France, 1917.
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Truck
French truck, 1917.
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Constructing a Bridge
French engineers contructing a bridge.
Picture made near the village of Boezinghe in Flanders (Belgium), 1917.
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Repairing a Bridge
French soldiers repairing a bridge near the battlefields of Flanders.
Picture made in 1917.
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Floating Bridge
Floating bridge over the river Aisne, Northern France.
Picture made in 1917.
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Mailman
A French military postman.
Picture made in the city of Reims, 1917.
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