La Baïonnette.
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French soldiers equipped with M2 gas masks in France, 1917.
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May 29 1918 During the The Third Battle of the Aisne war photographer John Warwick Brooke takes this photo, IWM Q 6676, of French infantry marching past a British regimental band resting by the roadside near the Passy-sur-Marne pass. Possibly the 8th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Colourized by DB Colour @colour_history
29 May 1918
Production date: 1918-05-29
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French troops at the Second Artois June 1915.
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A French soldier displaying driver’s uniform at the Army Clothing Department at Vanves, 28 December 1916.
Stylin.
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LA BAÏONNETTE
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Artillery officers are equipped with TN masks and Meyrowitz glasses, early 1916.
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Uniform of the Czechoslovakian Legion of the French Army from 1918 on display at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna
The demands of the war required France to accept foreign nationals from other countries such as Poland, America and Czechoslovakia. In March 1916, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, later the first president of Czechoslovakia, secured a promise from the French government to expand the participation of Czechoslovaks on the Western Front.
The Adrian helmet bears the arms of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. The Lion of Bohemia was emblazoned upon the flag the foreign legion formed in 1914.
Photographs taken by myself 2016
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Poilu, 297e Régiment d’Infanterie
Field portrait of a fully equipped French infantryman from 297e Régiment d’Infanterie circa 1916. This regiment was formed at the outbreak of the Great War and participated in the fighting in the Alsace region at the end of 1914. Around the time this photo was taken, the regiment was fighting at Verdun, in particular in the area of Thiaumont.
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