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Battle of Flanders - Temporary school and city hall built after bombardment with pupils outside

Index to the French Pictorial Service Series

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-"Funeral of Belgium soldiers killed by German aviation bombs."

-"Northern France – Remains of a Church"

-"755. Iere Ligne Allemande devant Dixmude" - The German Line in Front of Dixmude

-"948. Un Point du Front Belge" - A view of the Belgian Front

-"Panorama De La Maison on Marin, De La Ville et De La Gare" - All that is left of the two city government buildings and the railroad station.

-"847. Poste de Garde" - This used to be the Post Office

- A Shelled Church

-"The New France" – "American distribution"

-"702. Pervyse le Village" - All that is left of the town

-"931. Bombardment d’un Village" - The Village after bombardment

-"805. Furnes" - The City Square at Furnes

-"Ruins of Louses by Shell Bombardment"

-"La minotarie de Dixmude , Vue des tranchees belges" - All that is left of Dixmude as seen from the Belgian trenches

-"The Shelter of an Infantry Regiment"

-"808. Soldats belges dans les ruines d’une maison" – Belgian soldiers taking refuge in a bombed out house

-"Uprooted Trees in Northern France"

-"Nieuport. Vue Lombaertuyde" – The town of Nieuport along the Lombaetuyde River

-"Panorama of Battlefield"

-" Panorama of the Battlefield after the Great Offensive"

-"View of the Plains. Trees destroyed by German Shells"

-"Panorama de la ville, Nieuport , Baine" - A panorama of Nieuport on the coast

-"158. Les Ruines de l’eglise de Noordchoots" – The ruins of the church at Noordchoots

-"524. Nieuport. Anglais, Francais et Belges dans une rue" – English, French and Belgian soldiers on a street in Nieuport.

-"694. Ramscapelle"

-"P. C. Infantry – Colonel Viguni and his Staff"

-"501. Un Abri dans le ruines de Nieuport" – A shelter in the ruins of Nieuport

-"958. Ruines sur le front belge" – Ruins along the Belgian Front

-"224. Dans les usinea de guerre belges. Parlamantaires aux ateliers belges de construction du material de guerre." - Belgian warehouses, war materials and artillery pieces await shipment to the front

-"157. Les Ruines de Reninghe et les vestiges de la tour de l’eglise. Vus de la route de Noordschoots" –

The ruins of Reninghe and what is left of a church tower seen from the road to Noodschoots

-"979. Les enfants des ecoles de S. M. la Reine en promenade sur une route de Belgique non occupee." School Children of S. M. la Reine walking along a road in an unoccupied part of Belgium

-"869. L’Yser et la minoterie de Dixmude Vue des Tranchees Belges." – What is left of government buildings of Dixmude seen from the trenches of Belgium

-"806. Ruined Village"

-"12054. Maison et ferme bombardees sur le front belge" – Blown Up farm house and buildings in Belgium

-"161. Aux environs de Steenstraate. Un abri allemande dissimule sous les ruines d’une ferme." – In the area of Steenstraate, a German dugout is hidden in the ruins of a farm

-"970. Un peintre aux armees travaillant dans les lignes." – A military artist painting a scene along the front lines.

-Horses in center of town

-"11697. Bieuwespelle"

-Entrance to Demolished Village

-"779. Ruins d’une gare sur le front" – Railroad station ruins at the front

-"827. Furnes"

-"488. Nieuport. Les Ruines"

-"138.A. – Panorama de la region de Merckem"

-Children playing in the rubble

-"838. Caeskerque. Le cimetiere"

-"135.B. – Panorama de la region aux environs de Merckem. On apercoit au centre les restes d’ouvrages allemandes betonnes demolis par le bombardment. (2) – View of Merckem and the destruction

-"159 – Les Ruins de l’eglise de Merckem" – Church ruins at Merckem

-"163. Aux environs de Merckem; un ancien abri allemand avec observatoire d’artillerie demoli par notre artillerie aon y voit maintenant des soldats Belges. – Merckem area with German artillery observation post destroyed by our artillery and now occupied by Belgian soldiers

-No Mans land in Merckem Battlefield (2)

-No Mans Land w/ sign "Broembeek"

-"Dixmude. La minoterie"

-"821. Lampernisse. L’Eglise" – Lampernisse Church

-Towns in Ruins ( 2 )

-A courageous woman continues to labor in the field despite the war

-Battle of Flanders – Aisne / Fontenoy – Interior of a church after German bombardment

-Battle of Flanders – refugees

-Coucy – Le – Chateau L’eglise

-Aisne – A corner of a village which particularly suffered during a recent bombardment

-A pile of rubble with countryside in background

-Battle of Flanders – temporary school and city hall built after bombardment with pupils outside

-North of Soisson – The distillery after the struggle

-Reims – Destroyed houses by the last bombardment

-Aisne – Ruins

-Aisne – Ruins

-Marne – Military Saw Mill – women employed to replace men who have gone to war.

-Oise – Ruins

-Reims - Church of St. Remi – View of Statuettes in Profile

-Reims – Ruins

-Reims – Church of St. Remi – An artistic photo of the crucifiction

-Reims – Church of St. Remi – Headless statuette

-Battle of Flanders – destroyed village church


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