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Some British cavalry fall casualty to German artillery during World War I
A British cavalry unit is riding along a dirt road in France, during World War 1, when a German artillery shell explodes nearby causing casualties in horses and men.
British cavalry join forces encamped in woods during World War I
British cavalry move from open area into encampment in woods of France, during World War I. They are seen moving along a trail in the woods. A large British force is seen bivouacked in the area. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. troops of the 1st Division, AEF, train with light artillery piece during World War I
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) move down a hill with a horse-drawn caisson and small artillery piece, at their training grounds in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. In the next scene two gunners crouch behind the shield of a Vickers Q.F. Mark II 40mm Gun. An instructor stands over them and they fire the gun at his command, several times. The hot expended shells drop between the gunners. The assistant gunner loads a new round through the gun breech, for the next firing. Several other soldiers sit in the background observing and presumably awaiting their turn to practice firing the Vickers gun.
U.S. troops of the 1st Division, AEF, practice adjusting and firing stokes mortar during World War I
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) practice setting the elevation of a Stokes mortar, at their training area in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Next, a soldier removes a mortar round from a box. He installs its fuse and screws in its propelling cartridge. He then hands it to another soldier who drops it into a stokes mortar and it fires. A soldier holds up pieces of fractured metal, probably fragments of an exploded mortar bomb.
American soldiers at a French railroad station take horses and guns out of a train car during World War I.
American soldiers taking out horses from a train car at a railroad station in France, after their arrival during World War 1. U.S. Army soldiers attach a ramp from the train for the animals to descend. Soldiers of different ranks can be seen. Another soldier carries out rifles from the train.
German field hospital in courtyard of destroyed Chateau de Pinon during World War I
Views of the destroyed Chateau de Pinon, in France during World War 1. Several large field hospital tents are set up in the courtyard. Both German and French soldiers are seen carrying wounded. (The French soldiers are likely prisoners of war.) (WWI; WW1)