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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsy

Cropped from original in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica online collection of photos from Agence Meurisse. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90417805 That photo (which does not have Bain's copyright markings) identifies the Spahis as Moroccan, and the location as Ribecourt, not Arsy. "A Ribecourt : un campement de spahis marocains" Pub. Date 1914

Artolog: Thanks for finding the matching image with differing location information in the Gallica website. Its great to have the men identified as Moroccan and the name of the press agency, Agence Meurisse, who were probably responsible for the image which Bain copied. We will include some of these details in the image description when we update. Seems like the Gallica website may be a fruitful source for more information about some of the Bain World War I images.

Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis:

Art Siegel GREAT research, Artolog! Great photo. I love the detail and the sense of seeing a 'day in the life of a moroccan soldier'.

Related photo in Bain Collection:

Thanks artolog for finding the related photograph.

1914

Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo at Gallica site, with following caption:
"Remise des drapeaux pris aux Allemands au gouverneur des Invalides"
[Presentation of the captured German Flags to the governor of Invalides]




Pub. Date 1914

Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo shown at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
"En Belgique : combats de Haelen et de Diest : dans un village près de diest, vérification d'identité "
[In Belgium: Battle of Haelen and Diest: In a village near Diest, verifying identity]





Pub. Date 1914