spahis

9 photos tagged spahis, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1919

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The last upload was April 2014.

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bior said:
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.
Art Siegel said:
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
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
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.
Art Siegel said:
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Art Siegel said:
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

Wystan said:
Other Bain photos of Spahis, posted earlier:
Art Siegel said:
An almost identical shot of the same scene elsewhere in the LOC collections: