The fête is for the various Allied contingents. The Italians and French have their national flags on display. Soldiers and civilians of various nationalities wander through the sunlight, all rather c...
Part of the area is flooded. A marching column sets out for the front lines. Engineers knock in stakes for wire defences in the second line and fix wire to them. A relief patrol moves up in single fil...
A 145mm naval gun is stuck in soft ground despite all efforts to pull it clear with ropes. Finally sledges are fitted to the wheels and it is dragged clear. A squadron of Nieuport 28s parked on an air...
A pan over the village of Laffaux, under fire from French guns. German prisoners walk through the village of Chévillecourt. French troops wander through the ruins of the château at Coucy-le-Château...
Subtitle captions give the French gains in the offensive as the strongpoints Fruty, Bohery and Montparnasse, the fort at Malmaison, and the villages of d'Allemant, Vaudesson, Chavignon, Pinon and Parg...
Men of XXXIV Corps on a German railway line through the Bois de Loges captured intact on 12th August along with a derailed goods train and a dump of shells, mainly 77mm calibre. German prisoners, some...
The damage was probably done during the First Battle of the Marne. The interior of the church shows slight structural damage and holes in the roof. The caption describes this as the work of "German Ku...
The railway station and surrounding area show some damage after being shelled by German guns during the battle.Soldiers and Marines, led by their bands, march through the centre of the city to the che...