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• The Library of Congress 30 photos & illustrations
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• National Library of Scotland 3 photos & illustrations
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• George Eastman Museum 1 photo / illustration
• National Library NZ on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• Liberas 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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Spahi Convoy in Forest of Compiegne (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• George Oates said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spahi - Light cavalry regiments in the French Army.

• Art Siegel said:

  Hi, George!
  
  Bain collection has two copies of this same Agence Meurisse photo. Here is the other one:
  
  
  From Meurisse photo at Gallica site (pub. date 1914), caption is:
  "les Spahis Marocains traversant la forêt de Compiègne"
  [Moroccan Spahis crossing the forest of Compiègne ]
  
  gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90418526

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  artolog: Thanks for linking us to the other copy of this image, and to the original caption and date. We'll include some of this info next time we update.

Spahis cross boat bridge, Compiegne (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  Seems like there is no reason to omit the word "Boat" on the negative in the caption. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_boats

• Arden said:

  artolog: Thanks for catching the omission of "boats" in the title. We will add it back in when we update.

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis:

• Art Siegel said:

  Original photo from Agence Meurisse at Gallica site, published 1914, with caption: Compiègne : un pont de bateaux construit par le Génie Français (boat bridge built by French engineering) Meurisse catalog number at middle left of Bain negative. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90418274

• Arden said:

  Wystan: Thanks for gathering other images of the Spahis. artolog: Thank you for matching this image with the one from Gallica. We will add more details when we update.

British in ruined village (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  Caulaincourt, France, April 21, 1917.
  This photo appears on the Imperial War Museum site with the following information:
  "THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL TO THE HINDENBURG LINE, MARCH-APRIL 1917, part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)
  
  Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer) 1917-04-21
  
  Troops of the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) passing through the ruined village of Caulaincourt, 21st April 1917."
  
  www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205077771
  
  
  THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL TO THE HINDENBURG LINE, MARCH-APRIL 1917© IWM (Q 2076)