1918 Collection (page 88)

Abdul Hamid Ii / Pj 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Abdul Hamid Ii / Rire 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

1918 / Russia & Uncle Sam
The Hopeful Doctor Uncle Sam has high hopes for the new Russia

German Trench Scene
German frontline positions in a trench on the Western Front

Night in a Shell Crater
Four British soldiers at a listening post in a shell crater in No Mans Land near Lagnicourt

General J C R a Duchesne
Jacques-Charles-Rene-Achille DUCHESNE French general in Algeria and Madagascar, which he conquered and pacified, extending our knowledge of the island

French Enter Strasbourg
French troops enter Strasbourg, liberating Alsace from German occupation - until the next war

Wwi / British Enter Lille
The arrival of British troops in a suburb of Lille is greeted by jubilation from the crowd

Wwi / Food Shortage
Oh, if his mother could see him! Two Parisian children look at a poster showing a young boy wasting food

Wwi / Ration Books
RATIONING National ration books from the Ministry of Food

Wwi / Soldiers Canteen
A cheerful helper in a soldiers canteen

Ww1 / French Obusier
A French artillery piece - the Obusier de 400

Ww1 / Reunited Couple
With the war at an end, a French soldier is joyfully reunited with his loved one

Bayonet Drill / Ww1 / 1918
Highlanders practising bayonet drill, World War One

Wwi / Sentry Duty 1918
A French soldier on sentry duty in the trench

Wwi / Refugees / Evacuation
Refugees struggle through harsh weather, their belongings carried in a horse- drawn wagon

Wwi / Germans / Farmhouse
Germans make themselves at home in a French farmhouse

Wwi / Douai Occupied
German troops march through Douai, northern France, during its period of occupation

1918 / American Allies
A French journal provides an illustrated guide to the American allies, and their friends

Wwi / Us Forces to Europe
American troops setting off for the battlefields of Europe are cheered on their way by patriotic children

For King and Country
The brave soldier must leave his girl to fight for king and country

German Troops Return
German troops march over a bridge on their way back home from the war

Coming home Again
A mother and her children interrupt their work in the fields to wave at a train of soldiers returning from the war

Foch accepts German surrender
Marshall Foch studies the terms of the German surrender in a railway carriage at Compiegne

Wwi / Italy / Sacile Bridge
An Italian donkey temporarily blocks traffic on a pontoon bridge at Sacile. During their northward advance, all the British troops and transport passed over this bridge

Wwi / Italy / Nervesa Ruins
Nervesa, situated at a crucial tactical position where the river Piave narrowed to a ford, was left in a state of ruin by the end of 1918

Wwi / Italy / Sports
The British Army hold a sports day near Monte Spineto

Wwi / Italy / Casualty
A ruined church is used as a casualty station

Wwi / Italy / Camouflage
Camouflaged tents at an anti- aircraft post. The posts to the left are in fact anti- aircraft guns protruding from pits

Wwi / Italy / Village Guns
Heavy artillery in an Italian village on the front line

Wwi / Montello Trenches
Front-line trenches on the Montello, overlooking the river Piave

Wwi / British Cross Piave
Following the successful taking of the river by a joint Italian, British and French force, British cavalry cross the Piave

WWI / 1918 / PIAVE
Italian forces, supported by British and French divisions, attack across the river Piave, successfully splitting the enemy, a decisive victory

Wwi / Serbian King Peter
Serbias elderly King Peter (1844-1921) in the trenches as the Serbian army is forced to retreat through Albania, and from there to Corfu. He returned to rule again in 1918

Wwi / German Defence
German infantry defend their trench against an enemy attack

Zeppelins Attacking
Three Zeppelins attack British defences on the English coast

Ww1 Postcard Parting Son
" For my country, dear, and you" - a son explains to his mother that he has to go and fight

Ww1 Postcard USA Joins
America joins the war and sympathises with Marianne

Moslem Procession Cairo
A minor procession in the streets of Cairo : camels lead the way for a calligraphic banner bearing words from the Koran

Ww1 Cartoon / Hindenburg
Hindenburg thrashes Haig !

Ww1 Cartoon / Usa Rescue
America comes to the rescue of Justice and Liberty

1918 / German Resistance
German forces put up dogged resistance during the final days of war

1918 / Observation Balloon
An observation balloon spotting for the artillery position below

Rene Fonck, Air Ace
RENE FONCK Famous French air ace who once declared " I put my bullets into the target as if I placed them there by hand"

U-Boat Periscope in Use
A German officer uses a periscope to look above the surface

Se5S Vs German Fokker D7
English SE5s engage in deadly combat against German Fokker D7s

Se5S Vs German Albatross
English SE5s and Bristol fighters fly against German Albatross aircraft in the skies over Europe

Destruction of Zeppelin
A German Zeppelin shot down over England (no. 3 of 6)

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