قراءة كتاب "I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919
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"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919
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Yanks with French Type of Anti-Aircraft
The Aeroplane Fight
The Relief—
Coming up to the front lines through the communication trenches, which extend a kilometer or so. On these occasions little love is lost on "beautiful moonlight nights"
The roofs of Vaux after a few minutes of Yank barrage lifted—
"The Germans have gone!"—St. Mihiel
The shell hole Central
On Guard
The noncombatant—
The family with whom I lived in Soissons
In 1870 Grandpère was taken as a prisoner to Coblenz
Madam Framary who sewed on my buttons and who transformed miserable French army rations into marvelous dishes
Eraseme, the youngest son who starts his three years of compulsory training in the fall 1919
The eldest son. After his three years of training he was called to war. He has never come back.
Soissons—1918
Awaiting the signal to attack. The sergeant is ready to blow the whistle for his squad to follow him out through a path in the barbed wire. In another minute they will advance close behind the bursting shells of a heavy barrage which, lifting, will leave them face to face with German machine guns.
"American Field Service"
drivers at Longpont/1917
The "Territorial"—the name given French poilu between the ages of 34 and 40. Vailly—1917
Noyon, 1918
The Paris Bus—many kilometers from the Place de l'Opèra—used for transporting troops, horses, and fresh meat to the front
