French Army artillery soldiers firing French 75 field artillery pieces from concealed positions along a ridge, during World War I. View behind the guns, as gun crews load and fire.
French soldiers on horse-drawn wagons move along cratered dirt roads, behind retreating Germans. in World War 1. At a major crossroads, Germans left a huge crater that presents a problem for French troops trying to pursue them. Individual soldiers explore the deep crater.
2-man Renault FT Light Tank being demonstrated during World War 1. It moves through various wooded areas and negotiates steep inclines. (Note: Following the war, this type of Renault tank was often referred to as the FT-17.)
French soldiers, in a remote tree line, observing German artillery shells striking at a distance, during World War 1. (Rising smoke indicates possible gas shells.) Separate scenes show squads of french soldiers moving forward, slowly, through fields of farm crops.
Group of French soldiers direct moving artillery barrage ahead of advancing infantry, during World War 1. (The actual artillery is not seen.) Two of them wear headsets. One holds field chart, while another transmits instructions to the artillery via teletype. The French soldiers walk across a field and take up new observation post in a tree line.
French Regiment marches into its home garrison town, returning from the battlefields, during World War 1. People walk along with the soldiers. Houses on the street side. The Regiment is assembled on a field, as local citizens watch. Upon order from their Commanding Officer, the soldiers afix their bayonets to their rifles and come to attention. Officer salutes the soldiers. Elsewhere, French troops proceed toward the front, in armored cars and trucks, passing through a town with some war-damaged buildings. .
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