U.S. soldiers on the Western Front during the Grand Offensive of World War I. Aerial view of a battlefield. Rubbled houses in an area. Soldiers standing along the sides of a rail road. Tents in the background.
U.S. soldiers on the Western Front during the Grand Offensive of World War I. A truck parked on a field. A narrow gorge through a camp. Soldiers cooking food in a field kitchen. Prisoners of war are marched along an area under guard. Soldiers in a dug out petting a dog. A soldier stands outside a building. Sign boards on a building.
U.S. soldiers during the Grand Offensive on the Western Front during World War I. Soldiers digging a trench in a field. The U.S. Army soldiers resting in foxholes in the field. Some of the soldiers writing letters. American soldier shaving his beard. A group of soldiers playing cards. A soldier sitting alone reading a small book or bible.
U.S. soldiers during the Grand Offensive on the Western Front during World War I. Soldiers holding a shirt. A hole in the shirt due to a shell hit. A hole in the ground where the shell was burrowed. The soldiers standing nearby. Bomb damaged buildings in the background.
U.S. soldiers during the Grand Offensive on the Western Front during World War I. A medical aid station. Soldiers standing nearby. Smoke on the battlefield due to firing and bombardment. Soldiers advancing across a field.
Views of the French Army's front line trenches on the Western Front during World War 1. They have tried to make them liveable in the face of wet winter weather. French soldiers stand upon shoulders carved into a very deep trench It has also been reinforced with vertical poles and lined with saplings and twigs. Other soldiers sit upon benches fashioned from trench sides, amidst various examples of improvements, such as dugouts, tables formed of stones, sandbagged upper barriers, partial roofing,and other similar features designed to make life more bearable. In another scene, French artillerymen use teams of horses to move caissons and field pieces through a muddy stream. An encampment and wagons are seen in the background.