Trenches Collection

Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930). Creator: James Prinsep Beadle
Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930)

Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Map of northern France showing Successive Stages of Advance at the Fricourt Salient...British line in black, Enemy Defences [Germans] in red

How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Creator
How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Playing the 7th Kings Own Scottish Borderers out of their trenches at the Battle of Loos in the midst of the gas attack

Soldiers playing cards in the trenches, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Soldiers playing cards in the trenches, First World War, c1916, (c1920). An Interval of Peace: British bomb-gun section enjoying a hand at cards while the sentries keep watch through the periscopes

First line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916

The Campbells are Coming! Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917
" The Campbells are Coming!" Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917. The tune of the The Campbells Are Coming was played by pipers at the Battle of Delville Wood

Map showing approximately the area gained on the Thiepval Ridge... 1916, (c1920)
Map showing approximately the area gained on the Thiepval Ridge between September 14 and October 31, 1916, (c1920)

Sand bags between trenches, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sand bags between trenches, between c1915 and c1920

Machine gun in front line trench, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Machine gun in front line trench, between c1915 and c1920

Bandaging wounded, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Bandaging wounded, between c1915 and c1920

16th Inf. Intrenching at Colonia Dublan, between c1915 and c1920

Germans in trenches in Argonne Forest, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in trenches in Argonne Forest, between 1914 and c1915. Shows German soldiers in the Argonne Forest, France, during World War I

Digging trench at Porte Maillot, Paris, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Digging trench at Porte Maillot, Paris, 1914. Shows a defensive trench being dug in Paris, France, probably in the summer of 1914 as German troops advanced through Belgium and France

Observation from German Trenches, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Observation from German Trenches, between c1910 and c1915

Trench lantern, 1914-1918. Creator: Portia
A trench lantern lighting device made of a glass bulb, with metal wick opening and a glass cover

The Way to Passchendaele, First World War, 1917, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Way to Passchendaele, First World War, 1917, (c1920)....typical view across the battle-field over which our troops had to advance in the autumn of 1917

The Pipers at Longueval... July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Pipers at Longueval: how the Highlanders were led into battle on July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920)

A Corner of the Arras Battlefield, First World War, April 1917, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
A Corner of the Arras Battlefield, First World War, April 1917

French soldiers raiding a German trench, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). French troops making a daylight raid on the German trenches in search of prisoners for information purposes

Russian soldier using a periscope rifle, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Taking the Enemys Range with a Hyposcope: a masked Russian officer at his trench-post

British soldiers in the trenches at Thiepval Wood, France, First World War, 1916, (1935). Not cave-men, but men of the Border Regiment occupying the Front Line trenches in Thiepval Wood

A Dug-Out in What Was Once A Sylvan Wood, (1919). Creator: Unknown
A Dug-Out in What Was Once A Sylvan Wood, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The desolation and havoc wrought on the face of the country by modern guns baffles description

Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871.British Army training

Cadets N.M.M.I. digging trench, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Cadets N.M.M.I. digging trench, between c1915 and c1920. Shows cadets at the New Mexico Military Institute

U.S. troops on camouflaged road, 11 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. troops on camouflaged road, 11 May 1918. The Fifth Regiment U.S. Marines returning from the trenches passing through Sommedieue, France, May 11, 1918 during World War I

Italy, 1st line trenches, 7July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Italy, 1st line trenches, 7July 1918 (date created or published later). Italian soldiers in a trench during World War I

War Correspondents, Langewaede, 22 Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
War Correspondents, Langewaede, 22 Sept 1918 (date created or published later). War reporters in Langewaede, Belgium during World War I

Fanning gas, 6 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Fanning gas, 6 June 1918 (date created or published later). American soldiers being trained to use Ayrton or trench fan to clear poisonous gases during World War I, Camp Kearny, California

Wounded British in trench, 18 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded British in trench, 18 Aug 1918

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I

French trench barber, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French trench barber, between c1915 and 1918. A French barber shaving a man in a trench during World War I

U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. American troops in France learning how to use grenade guns (tromblons) to fire grenades at German forces during World War I

French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. French soldiers placing machine gun on its tripod during World War I

King George V sees trench bombing, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King George V sees trench bombing, 7 Jul 1917. Trench mortar bombardment during King George V's visit to the Gas School, Helfaut, France on July 7, 1917 during World War I

Russians fight in France, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russians fight in France, between c1915 and 1918. Russian soldiers near a dugout in the snow in France during World War I

Tommy writing home after battle, 11 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Tommy writing home after battle, 11 Jun 1917

France - in a front line trench, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
France - in a front line trench, 1917. British troops in a trench in France during World War I

German trenches on the Aisne, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German trenches on the Aisne, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers in trenches along the Aisne River in France during World War I

Germans in Rus. [i.e. Russian] Poland, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Rus. [i.e. Russian] Poland, between c1910 and c1915. German soldiers during World War I

The wood called Des Fermes in the Somme, between c1915 and c1920. Shows a battlefield with trenches and dead trees in the Somme, France during World War I

Austrians in captured Russian Trench, Galicia, 29 June 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians in captured Russian Trench, Galicia, 29 June 1915 (date created or published later). Austrian soldiers in a trench in Galicia (Eastern Europe) during World War I

A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers smoking and reading in a trench in Flanders, Belgium, during World War I

Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers at Berry-Au-Bac, France during World War I

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864

U.S. infantry & machine gun men assigned in trenches, between c1915 and c1920. American soldiers in France during World War I

Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. American soldiers digging a trench in France during World War I

First Aid Station, American Trenches, 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
First Aid Station, American Trenches, 1917 and 1918. A first aid station near American trenches during World War I

Moving dirt in trench (France), between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Moving dirt in trench (France), between c1915 and 1918. Men moving dirt in a trench in France during World War I

French trench, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French trench, 1918 (date created or published later)

Landwehr in trenches near Suwalki, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Landwehr in trenches near Suwalki, between 1914 and c1915. Soldiers in trenches near Suwalki, Poland during World War I

Working German gun against Russians, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Working German gun against Russians, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers with machine gun during World War I

French Dragoons entrenched, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Dragoons entrenched, between c1914 and c1915. French dragoon cavalry soldiers during World War I

Trois aquarelles du front; construction de reseaux barbeles dans une tranchee de premiere ligne (fevrier 1916). Au Nord-Est de Bethincourt, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Notre attaque du 24 octobre 1916; Dans le secteur du bois Fumin, a midi trente: un poste de commandement s'installe dans la Grande Carriere

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War 1 battlefield setting
AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

In the Trenches, 1874. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville
In the Trenches, 1874. Members of the Garde Mobile (French expeditionary forces) are huddled in a shallow trench during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71

The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin, on the morning of October 30

In Snow on the Italian Front; December: the Piave valley, seen from a French trench, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Hours of Victory; A trench held by Americans: first watch, on the evening of October 27, 1917, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sentry duty; The Colonel, inspecting his trenches during a night of high alert

How to make a surprise attack; A prisoner brought back to our lines will be sent to the rear llines, 1917

How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched and, on the right, the lieutenant commanding them, 1917

Life in the trenches in Champagne; Calm: "correspondence and cigarettes", 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Life in the trenches in Champagne; Calm: "le pinard", 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Life in the trenches in Champagne; In the wires of an adjoining trench, a fallen German during a surprise attack, 1917

Life in the trenches in Champagne; The outpost re-arms immediately
Life in the trenches in Champagne; The outpost res-arms immediately using its ammunition, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Life in the trenches in Champagne; A lookout teased by the enemy is passed hand grenades, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Life in the trenches in Champagne; A torpedo explodes at some distance, shaking the parapets, mowing down everything around with its splinters, 1917

Our Romanian Allies; A German blockhouse captured by Romanians on the Marastii plateau, July 24, 1917, 1917. From L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2 [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

In Flanders; The Yser offensive (1917), French front line near Het-Sas, before the advance march of July 31. 1917

Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Sur le Teton: blockhaus en ciment armé
Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Sur le Teton: blockhaus en ciment arme, 1917. First World War: on the Moronvilliers Hills; on the breast of the hill, blockhouse in reinforced cement

Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; L'entrée d'une ancienne sape allemande sur les pentes
Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; L'entree d'une ancienne sape allemande sur les pentes Est du Cornillet, 1917

Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Le mont Cornillet vu de nos tranchees de depart, le 16 avril 1917, (1917)

Notre attaque du 16 avril 1917; Prisonniers dans un boyau, au Godat, a l'Ouest de Reims: notre premiere journee d'offensive nous valut, avec 10, 000 prisonniers

Notre attaque du 16 avril 1917; le depart d'une vague d'assaut, 1917. First World War: our attack on 16 April 1917'; the first assault wave leaving

Notre attaque du 16 avril 1917; la sortie des tranchees, a 6 heurs du matin, 1917. First World War: our attack on 16 April 1917'; leaving the trenches at 6am

La Supreme Offensive Russe; La deuxieme vague d'assaut attendant le signal: en haut, l'officier qui la commandait et qui devait etre tue une heure plus tard, 1917

French success on the Italian front; In a trench conquered from positions on Mounte Tomba, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

La gauche du front allie; Un poste avance des lignes belges, 1917. Creator: Unknown
La gauche du front allie; Un poste avance des lignes belges, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur les Champs de Bataille de 1918; une porte du parc chateau de Plessis-de-Roye, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

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