French General reviewing troops passing in review on a rough field in France, at outset of World War 1. Infantry parade with shouldered rifles and fixed bayonets. Officers riding on horseback salute with sabers. Several Officers mounted on white horses review the troops from opposite side of the field,
French Marshal Joseph Joffre and associate, at the Compiègne train station, in France, awaiting arrival of French War Minister Millerand and British War Minister, Lord Herbert Kitchener (1st Earl Kitchener). General Joffre and his deputy General Casteinau, meet and escort them upon arrival. Minister Millerand, Joffre and Lord Kitchener review a French guard of honor.They are followed by Sir John French, Commander in Chief of British Forces and a French General. The party enters a trench and observe the battlefield through binoculars. they then proceed across an open field.
As France is mobilized for World War 1, men work in a warehouse filled with clothing and other dry goods destined for French armed forces. They are seen placing bundles of goods into large piles in the warehouse.
A unit of German horse cavalry (lancers) equipped with M1893 lances, moving along a dirt road in France, during World War 1. (WWI; WW1)
The capture of Curlu, France, during the Battle of the Somme, in World war 1. French artillerymen fire a battery of French 75 field pieces at German troops in the town of Curlu. Closeup of French gunners rapid firing their field piece. A shell of a house, all that remains in a section of no-mans land. French infantry quick march into the village of Curlu. View of French forces occupying the severely damaged village. Two French soldiers carry captured German machine guns over their shoulders. (WWI; WW1)
French troops occupying former German Battalion Dugout at Carency, France, during World War I. Old German sign still posted above the entrance reads: "Bataillons Unterstand Abschnitts komandeur Dora Zweifel?". The French regained this position in the so-called battle of Arras. French troops are relaxing on benches outside, and walking in and out of the building.