Verdun Collection (page 2)

Letter opener Engraved Verdun 1918
Letter opener. Engraved Verdun 1918. Trench Art

Verdun - An advanced dressing station on the heights, WW1
Verdun - An advanced dressing station on the heights behind the town, by Ernest Procter, ARA NEAC IS (1886-1935), ambulance driver and official artist with the Friends Ambulance Unit, 1916-1917

Gift of Old Etonians to French village of Eton Woeuvre
The gift of Old Etonians to Etons adopted French village devastated in the First World War : the opening of the school and mairie at Eton Woeuvre near Verdun

Moulainville Fort, Verdun, France, WW1
View of Moulainville Fort, Verdun, north-eastern France, which saw action during the Battle of Verdun, First World War, successfully resisting the enemy. Date: circa 1916

German army at Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Artists impression of the German army by night at Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

French gunners positioning a heavy gun-carriage
French gunners moving a heavy gun-carriage into position near Verdun. 1916

French Seventy-Fives at Verdun - WWI
French artillery at Verdun - WWI. Battery of seventy-five s. Date: circa 1916

French reservists at Verdun await orders - WWI
French reserve forces behind the front line at Verdun await their orders. Date: circa 1916

French soldiers with small grenade launcher - Verdun, WWI
Trenches of Verdun - French soldiers with small grenade launcher - WWI. Date: circa 1916

Petain, Philippe (1856-1951). French military

Verdun : too Strong
The battle of Verdun : the German finds that the French defences are too solid for him to batter down ! Date: May 1916

Verdun. Translation of title: Soldiers marching beside a river and over a bridge into a shelled Verdun. The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest

Verdun, road to YMCA canteen. Poster showing a canteen entrance with soldiers below an arch; the street is strewn with rubble. Date 1917

German prisoners at Verdun, France, WW1
German prisoners of war walking along a road at Verdun, north eastern France, during the First World War. 1917

Montmedy German Cemetery, Meuse, France
Mass grave of 520 brave warriors in Montmedy. A German postcard of 1915, depicting the site of a mass burial of German soldiers killed in the early years of WWI

American ambulance destroyed, Verdun, France, WW1
An American ambulance destroyed (probably during an air attack) at Verdun, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 10 September 1917

German gunner with heavy artillery, France, WW1
A German gunner in action with heavy artillery near Verdun, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Oberleutnant von Brandis who stormed Fort Douaumont
Oberleutnant von Brandis (left) in command of German troops who stormed and took Fort Douaumont in the early days of the Battle of Verdun in World War One

Aerial photograph of battle area near Verdun, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of a battle area near Verdun, France, showing trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Aerial photograph of area around Fort Vaux, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the area around Fort Vaux, north eastern France, during the First World War. This was the second fort to fall to the Germans during the Battle of Verdun, in June 1916

Aerial photograph of battlefield, Douaumont, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of the battlefield north of Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

Aerial photograph, Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a bomb exploding in Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

Charles Humbert with munitions for Verdun, France
Charles Humbert (1866-1927), French army captain, tax collector, senator and newspaper proprietor. Seen here with piles of munitions destined for Verdun, France, during the First World War

Aerial photograph of Verdun, France, during WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of Verdun and citadel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 23 September 1917

General Robert Nivelle, French Army officer, WW1
General Robert Georges Nivelle (1856-1924), French Army officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. In 1916 he commanded the French Second Army in the Battle of Verdun

Crown Prince Wilhelm with staff at Verdun, France, WW1
Crown Prince Wilhelm of the House of Hohenzollern (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, 1882-1951). Seen here with his staff at Verdun, north eastern France

Aerial photograph of Fort Souville, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the Fort at Souville, north eastern France, which was attacked by heavy shelling by the Germans during the Battle of Verdun, First World War

Von Brandis and German officers in 1916
German officers who took Fort Douaumont on 25th February 1916 during the Battle of Verdun during World War One. Cordt von Brandis (1888-1972) is on the right. Date: 1916

Post Office Telegraphs: Official war news
Official war news detailing British, French and Russian advances on 30th July 1916. The British forces are reported to have repulsed enemy attempts to recapture Selville Wood

The French defences at Verdun
A Photograph showing some of the dug-outs and defences that formed part of the French fortifications at Verdun during the First World War

Heinrich II at Verdun
The newly-elected Holy Roman emperor receives an ecclesiastical blessing at the cloister of saint Vitus, to whom Germans have a special devotion

French recapturing village
Photograph showing French troops recapturing the village of Ville-en-Woeuvre from the Germans, near the French fortress of Verdun in October 1914

Timber roads on the battlefields near Verdun
Two French soldiers making their way along the log-tracks crossing the scarred landscape left by German shelling near Verdun

Germans at Verdun
BATTLE OF VERDUN - general von Falkenhayn urges his men to a renewed attack but despite repeated assaults, the French hold out and the Germans will have to abandon the siege

Wwi / 1915 / Verdun Patrol
A German night patrol before Verdun

1916 / Verdun Salute
A patriotic postcard salutes the brave efforts of French forces in standing fast against German efforts to capture Verdun fortress

1916 / Verdun on Fire
Verdun in flames following bombardment by German artillery, using incendiary shells

1916 / Verdun / Fort Vaux
Major Raynal and his batallion lead the heroic French defence of Fort Vaux. It falls to the Germans in June but is retaken by the French in November 1916

1916 / Verdun / Meuse Battle
French troops make a bayonet charge during a struggle on the banks of the River Meuse, part of the almost year-long battle of Verdun

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