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Spahis (?) from Morocco in Ribecourt (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2014
Spahis of Algeria at Furnes (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2011
On Their Way to the Battlefields of the World War (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2011
Spahi Convoy in Forest of Compiegne (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2011
Convoy of Spahis in Forest of Compiegne (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2011
Ribecourt -- Dragoon & Spahi Patrols meet (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2011
Convoy of Spahis at Frane le Port [i.e., Francport] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2011
Spahis in camp at Arsy after battle (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2011
Spahis cross boat bridge, Compiegne (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2011
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Spahis cross boat bridge, Compiegne (LOC)
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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
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Arden said:
artolog: Thanks for catching the omission of "boats" in the title. We will add it back in when we update.
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Wystan said:
Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis:
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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
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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.
Convoy of Spahis at Frane le Port [i.e., Francport] (LOC)
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bior said:
According to Wikipedia, a Spahi is a "light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spahi)
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Art Siegel said:
I think this is actually Le Francport, a small village in the vicinity of the other October, 1914 French battle pictures in the Bain Collection. Also sometimes written as Le Franc-Port. (It was ultimately the site of the armistice in 1918 and the surrender of Germany after World War II). I cannot find a "Frane Le Port" (as in the negative caption) or a "France Le Port" (the Flickr caption). However, there is a picture in the Bibliotheque National de France's Gallica online photo collection of Moroccan Spahis at Le Franc-Port: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041734x
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Arden said:
retired at last and artolog: Thank you for finding the date on the negative. bior: thank you for the information about the Spahi regiments. There seem to be quite a few images of the Spahi soldiers in the Bain News Service Collection. It seems probable, artolog, that this image shows Francport as you say, and not "Frane Le Port" which appears in the caption. It looks like some of the French language place names were not correctly written by the Bain captioners. Thank you for helping us fix them.
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Wystan said:
Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis: