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So France Can Live, Spend a Few Weeks Working in the Fields, 1940-1944. Propaganda poster of the Vichy Government

Victory parade, Paris, 14th July 1919. Parade at the Arc de Triomphe on Bastille Day to commemorate victory in the First World War. French postcard

Ruins of the Renault Factory, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, c1942. The Renault factory, in the town of Boulogne-Billancourt just west of the centre of Paris, was making an estimated 18

The ruins and cathedral of Caen, Normandy, France, c1944. The Battle of Caen from June to August 1944 was crucial to the Allied effort to break out from Normandy after the D-Day landings

A French faience plate depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon trip. Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning

A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. A popular painted scene was the Charles and Robert balloon, Globe

Troops trying to contain a forest fire, Algeria, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th August 1904

Explosion on board the Russian battleship Tsesarevich, Battle of the Yellow Sea, 10th August 1904. A naval battle during the Russo-Japanese War

Bringers of Bad News, 1904. Reproduction of a painting of 1871 by Jean Lecomte du Nouy, who specialised in Ancient Egyptian scenes. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th September 1904

Japanese soldiers with dogs locate a Russian in hiding, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th September 1904

Map of the theatre of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904. Artist: A Meunier
Map of the theatre of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904. The Russo-Japanese War arose due to the two countries conflicting territorial ambitions in East Asia

Captain Lebediev heroically defending the bastion at Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. When the Russians reneged on an agreement to withdraw troops from Manchuria

Off duty Japanese soldiers at the theatre in their camp, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th September 1904

Japanese troops attacking Russian trenches, Mukden, Manchuria, October 1904. Fighting during the Russo-Japanese War

Death of Joseph, Chief of the Nez-Perce, 1904. Chief Joseph (1840-1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver Howards attempt to forcibly

Siege of Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese-War, 1904. A Russian nurse is wounded by a shellburst while caring for the casualties of the siege

The Chinese Army led by Marshal Ma on the Manchurian border, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th October 1904

Launch of the French battleship Patrie, Toulon, December 1903 (1904). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd January 1904

Embarkation of convicts for French Guiana, 1904. France began transporting convicts to its colony of French Guiana in 1852

Ostriches attacking a car, California, USA, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th January 1904

The excavations of Antinopolis, Egypt, by Albert Gayet, 1904. Antinopolis (Antinoe) was a city on the bank of the Nile founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian near the site where his deified lover

Audience with Muhammad IV al-Hadi, the Bey of Tunis, 1904. Tunisia became a French protectorate in 1881, although it continued to be nominally governed by its traditional rulers, the Beys

Inauguration of Louis Pasteurs statue, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th July 1904

Fight between French and Japanese soldiers during the Russo-Japanese War, China, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st July 1904

The First Distribution of Crosses of the Legion of Honour, 1804 (1904). Reproduction of a painting by Baptiste Debret showing the ceremony in the Church of Les Invalides on 14th July 1804

In the mud of Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. A Russian column trying to make progress along a muddy road. The Russo-Japanese War arose due to the two countries conflicting territorial ambitions

Armed criminals fighting with the police, Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1904

Strasbourg statue, Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1904. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, when Alsace-Lorraine was lost to Germany

Armed invasion of Tibet by British and Indian forces, 1904. The British invaded Tibet and occupied Lhasa after a series of disputes over the border between Sikkim and Tibet

The German garrison of Windhoek, besieged by the Herero, South-West Africa, 1904. Disputes between German settlers and indigenous Herero hersmen over access to land and water led to an uprising

The Emperor being shown heads of Mandarins suspected of supporting the Russians, China, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th March 1904

Uniforms of the Japanese Army, Manchuria, 1904. Just prior to the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th January 1904

Serious fighting by the Liberal Movement in Russia, St Petersburg, 1904
Troops attacking members of the Liberal Movement in Russia, St Petersburg, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th December 1904

The wife of colonel Jankoff saving the regimental flags, bombardment of Vladivostok, 1904. The Russian port city of Vladivostok was shelled by Japanese warships during the Russo-Japanese War of

Map of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904. The Russo-Japanese War arose due to the two countries conflicting territorial ambitions in East Asia

The departure from Berlin, 1904. Protesters attack German soldiers on their way to fight the war in South-West Africa. Germany became involved in a war in its colony of South-West Africa (Namibia)

Cossacks fighting Manchus, Russo-Japanes War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd April 1904

Transporting sick and wounded Russian troops on skis, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th April 1904

The Gate at Clichy during the Defence of Paris, 30th March 1814, (1904). A reproduction of the painting by Emile Jean Horace Vernet. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd April 1904

Sinking of the Russian battleship Petropavlosk, Russo-Japanese War, 13th April 1904. The Russian ironclad Petropavlosk was sunk by a Japanese mine off Port Arthur with the loss of 600 lives

Entombment of Isabella II of Spain, Monastery of El Escorial, 1904. Isabella II ruled Spain from 1843 until the Spanish Revolution of 1868

The President of the Republic of France in Rome, 1904. Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929), the 7th President of France, arriving for a state visit to Italy

King and Queen of Portugal, presented with flowers by Admiral Touchard, 1904. Carlos I, King of Portugal, married Princess Amelie of Orleans in 1886

The Grand Ballet, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th November 1904

Russian nurse taken prisoner by the Manchus being handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria, 1904
Russian nurse taken prisoner by the Manchus being handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th December 1904

Dispute between French and English fishermen in the Channel, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th December 1904

The baptism of the Prince of Piedmont, Quirinal Palace, Rome, 1904. The christening of Umberto, son of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena Petrovich of Montenegro

General Kuropatkin touring the Russian lines by car, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. Alexei Kuropatkin was the Russian Minister of War

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