compiègne

The Bain photographers really had a thing for blown bridges, didn't they?

Original Agence Meurisse photo at Gallica site, pub. date 1914, with caption: "Compiègne : le pont de pierre détruit par le Génie Français " Compiègne: the stone bridge destroyed by French engineering gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041779h

Artolog: Thank you for finding the matching image on the Gallica site. We will add more details when we update.

The same Agence Meurisse photo on Gallica site bears the following caption: Compiègne : un cuisine allemande capturée par les Français à la bataille de Vic-sur-Aisne "Compiègne: a German kitchen captured by the French at the battle of Vic-sur-Aisne" As Bain's photo bears Meurisse's negative number at upper right, Meurisse is the source. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041923t

Thanks artolog for finding the matching image on the Gallica site. We will add the name of the location and the battle to the image description when we update.

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

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

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.