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American marines digging trenches, Lucy-le-Bocage, France, 1 June, 1918

French artillery battery on the move, Chemin des Dames, France, 1918. A strategically important ridge overlooking the River Aisne

The Third Battle of the Aisne, Chemin des Dames, France, 1918. A lorry carrying French infantry passes a unit of cavalry. A strategically important ridge overlooking the River Aisne

French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau in Versailles, France 3 June 1918. Clemenceau (1841-1929) was appointed Prime Minister of France in November 1917

American cavalry unit at rest, Chemin des Dames, France, 1918. A strategically important ridge overlooking the River Aisne

Cavalry and artillery of the French 10th Army, Villers-Cotterets, Aisne, France, 1918

French troops using flamethrowers to flush out Germans from their shelters, Cantigny, France, 1918. French flamethrower teams supported the attack by the American 1st Division on the village of

French infantry establishing fallback positions in front of a ruined farm, Picardy, France, 1918. French troops digging in between the Somme and the Oise

French counter-attack between the Somme and the river Oise, Picardy, France, 1918

Fench sappers in gas masks re-laying telephone lines after a bombardment, 1918

Machine gunners at the edge of Hangard Wood, Picardy, France, 28 April 1918, (1926). Hangard Wood was the site of fierce fighting in April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive

The presentation of General Franchet d Esperey to an Italian envoy to France, Champagne, (1926)
The presentation of General Franchet d Esperey to an Italian envoy to France, Champagne, April 1918. Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942) commanded the French Northern Army Group in 1918

French field hospital near Moreuil, Picardy, France, 1918

Allied command post on Mount Kemmel near Ypres, Belgium, 23 April 1918. The Germans would take this position during their Spring Offensive over the next few days

French and English officers at Mount Kemmel near Ypres, Belgium, April 1918. Mount Kemmel fell to the Germans on 25 April during their Lys Offensive

German prisoners taken on 18 April 1918 being told the rules of their captivity, France

German prisoners taken on 18 April 1918, France

French Cavalry in Action, 1918, (1926). Artist: Georges Bertin Scott
French Cavalry in Action, 1918, (1926). The combination of trench warfare, modern artillery, the machine gun and barbed wire rendered cavalry effectively obsolete in World War I

The flag of the Regiment de Marche, of The French Foreign Legion, c1914-1918. The Regiment de Marche, was headed by the famous Colonel Rollet, the Father of the Legion

French machine gunners dug in at the edge of a road, under apple trees, 1918

A line of French infantry foxholes, 1918

General Philippe Petain and Georges Clemenceau, (1926). A hero of the French defence of Verdun, Petain (1856-1951) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French army in 1917 after a series of

A regiment of French infantry going to the front, France, 30 March 1918

French infantry regiment returning from the front, 30 March 1918

Evacuated French wounded after the battle at Plessis-de-Roye, Picardy, France, 30 March 1918

Relief French infantry passing a line of prisoners, Plessis-de-Roye, Picardy, France, 30 March 1918

Aftermath of the fighting in the park of Plessis-de-Roye, Picardy, France, 30th March 1918

John Pershing and Hunter Liggett, American First World War generals, March 1918. Pershing led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I

Marie Emile Fayolle, French First World War general, (1926). A general with a background in the artillery, Fayolle (1858-1926) was brought out of retirement when war broke out in 1914

American and French troops in a trench at the front, 1917-1918

American troops at the front delivering soup to their comrades, 1917-1918

French and Belgian troops, Flanders, c1917

Australian troops the day before of the Battle of Messines, Belgium, 6 June 1917. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

An American soldier on sentry duty, Saint Nazaire, France, c1917

General Kornilov inspecting Russian troops, 1st July 1917. Lavr Kornilov (1870-1918) is best known for the Kornilov Affair

Russian Generals Gurko and Brusilov, 1917. Vasili Gurko (1864-1937) was appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian Army in 1917 after the February Revolution but was dismissed in June after

The French military mission to America, the Harvard Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1917. The US Congress declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917

Robert Georges Nivelle, French First World War genreral, (1926). Nivelle (1857-1924) was Commander-in-Chief of the French army from December 1916 to May 1917

In the wood of Roucy (Aisne), 15 April 1917, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
In the wood of Roucy (Aisne), 15 April 1917, (1926). French soldiers performing their ablutions and hanging up their laundry on the eve of battle

Hubert Lyautey, French First World War general and Minister of War, (1926). Lyautey (1854-1934) commanded French troops in the invasion and conquest of Madagascar in 1896-1898

Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, Commander in Chief of French Armies, 1914-1916, (1926). Joffre (1852-1931) was declared the saviour of France when the German advance was halted at the Battle of

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Russian First World War general, 16-17 March 1917. Grand Duke Nikolai (1856-1929) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army when the First World War broke out in

Jean Degoutte, French First World War general, (1926). Degoutte commanded the French Sixth Army. In 1923 he commanded the French troops sent to occupy the Ruhr after Germany defaulted on its war

Louis Franchet d Esperey, French First World War general, (1926). Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942) commanded the French 5th Army at the Battle of the Marne in September 1914

Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, British First World War general, (1926). After commanding the 9th Corps during the Gallipoli campaign

Sir Arthur William Currie, Canadian First World War general, (1926). Currie (1875-1933) commanded the Canadian Corps of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from June 1917 until the end of the war

Sir WP Pulteney, British First World War general, (1926). Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney Pulteney (1861-1941) was commander of III Corps

Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British First World War general, (1926). After a disagreement with Sir Douglas Haig over the tactics employed at the Battle of Arras

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