compiègne

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.

Original Agence Meurisse photo (Meurisse Cat. No. at right of Bain negative) has caption Compiègne : arrivée des blessés de Vic-sur-Aisne à la gare de Compiègne [Compiègne: arrival of the wounded of Vic-sur-Aisne at Compiègne station] This is a cropped version of Meurisse original gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041876m Pub. Date 1914

artolog: Thanks! We'll include your information next time we update the description.

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.