French soldier sits on mobile observation platform while being raised into position by comrades during the First Battle of Marne in World War 1. Artillery, including French 155mm 1877/1914 L de Bange Cannons firing over the forest near Brasles, east of Paris. Soldiers running in the battlefield. Smoke covers the battlefield from artillery fire. French soldier observes from mobile observation platform. General Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (also known as “Papa Joffre”) and military officials inspect cavalry. General Joffre inspects French infantry. General Joffre salutes and shakes hands with military officials before departing by car. French cavalry (likely the Cavalry Corps Sordet or Bridoux) charges to the battlefield.
Under a camouflage canopy, soldiers load and fire artillery as German forces draw closer to Paris during World War 1. German officers observe firing. German infantry, wearing the Pickelhaube helmet, marching towards Paris. French and Belgian refugees with horse drawn carriages flee from German forces. French soldiers on horseback. German cavalry gallop over a road and berm into a field. German infantry, holding their rifles, as seen from low ground level, charging towards the French.
French troops are transported by train and Parisian taxi cabs, upon orders by General Joseph Gallieni, to the First Battle of Marne (World War 1). French soldiers riding a locomotive train. Taxi cabs (Renault AG1 Landaulets) leave Paris transporting soldiers to Marne. Crowds watch the taxi cabs with soldiers leave Paris. Two soldiers talking to each other at the back of a taxi cab on the way to the front. 250-350 Renault AG1 Landaulets, more popularly known as the Renault Taxi de la Marne (for their role in transporting 4,000 soldiers to the First Battle of Marne in 1914), leave Paris for the front.
A rally led by the French Socialist Party outside the Gare du Nord train station in Paris shortly before World War 1. French Gendarmerie on horseback marshal the crowd to maintain order. An open horse carriage (likely with French Socialist leader Jean Jaurès as a passenger) passes by the crowds. More crowds gather outside the Gare du Nord station. Crowds attending the rally hold placards. French Socialist leader Jean Jaurès addresses the crowd during the rally outside Paris Gare du Nord.
Shopping at Grands Magasins du Louvre (Louvre Department Store) on Rue de Marengo and Rue de Rivoli in Paris (2 Place du Palais-Royal, Paris, IdF 75001) circa WWI. Porters unload deliveries from a Grands Magasins du Louvre delivery van (also known as a “Camionette” in French). Men and women browsing through accessories and women’s corsets in a gallery. Parisian shoppers look at mannequins from a shop window. Parisians shopping for imported textiles such as “Japanese Twill (Twill Japonais)” and satin inside the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store.
British military equipment is massed for the attack on Caen after the Allied Normandy landings in World War 2. British tanks covered with tree branches and net as camouflage. Rows of British tanks (likely the Mk IV Churchill tanks) park in a field near Caen. Red Cross medical ambulance trucks near Caen. Red Cross medics unload supplies from ambulance trucks. British forces moving into Caen for an attack. British Army trucks and jeeps move towards Caen.
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