Allied forces begin their Somme offensive in Dompierre. Allies moving guns and supplies forward in France for the Battle of the Somme, during World War 1. A French 305mm railway gun moving on a railroad, with French soldiers riding on it and several box cars of munitions behind it. German troops, devoid of weapons and battle gear, some with their hands up, scurrying through scarred landscape, as they surrender. Artillerymen lower an entrenched French 240mm artillery gun to near zero elevation and fire it. French artillerymen work on a rail-mounted 520mm howitzer.
World War I Allies Conference meeting in Paris. Mr Baron Sonnino and Signor Salandra, representatives of Italy arrive in Paris. Photographers stand with a camera. Crowd waves to them. Mr Aristide Briand the French Prime Minister, General Joffre and Admiral Lagaze. Mr Briand comes out of a building and sits in a car. Dignitaries come out of the building. General Cadorna Italian Commander in Chief walks on the sideway. Mr M Denny Cochin gets off a car. M Pashitch, the Serbian Prime Minister and Lord Bertie, the British ambassador to France come out of a Building. Lord Kitchener comes out of building and stands. Crowd on the street.
French Aerodrome near Verdun, France. Nieuport 11 aircraft on the airfield near a hangar, with many French soldiers and airman standing nearby. Crew push an aircraft into position readying it for takeoff for battle.
The activities of the French troops during World War I in Verdun, France. They move supplies into Verdun. Military vehicles move on the street. Soldiers walk. Other soldiers in the military vehicles. Some soldiers ride horses on the street. Supplies loaded on wheel carts. Soldiers move forward with supplies in the area. Military vehicles parked on the street. Trees in the area.
The activities of the French troops during World War I in Verdun, France. Exterior of a citadel. French soldiers walk inside the citadel.
The activities of the French troops during World War I in Verdun, France. Wrecked buildings in the area. Soldiers stand in line. General Pierre Dubois arrives.