spahi

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.

This could be either of two French communes with Ribecourt in their name. They are in close proximity to each other, and are both in same region as the other Bain Collection photos. They are Ribécourt-Dreslincourt and Ribécourt-la-Tour.

Original Agence Meurisse photo (Meurisse catalog number at right and bottom of Bain negative), published in 1914, at Gallica site has a different caption:

A Ribecourt : une patrouille de premiers cuirassiers et de spahis marocains



Pub. Date 1914

Information on the First Moroccan Spahi cavalry regiment, organized in 1914, at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1er_R%C3%A9giment_de_Spahis_Marocains

artolog: Thanks for providing us with the source, date, and original caption for this photograph. We'll include this information next time we update the description.

see also

Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo at Gallica site, with following caption:
"les Spahis Marocains traversant la forêt de Compiègne"
[Maroccan Spahis cross the forest of Compiègne]






Pub. Date 1914