traincar

I live in Harrison, NY, and this does not look like Harrison to me. I believe judging from the scenery of the Hudson River and the Highlands that this could be GARRISON, NY.

wow

Otto beat me to it!

I told them about the error four months ago and they still haven't changed it.

I found a record of a wreck that happened outside of Bridgeport Connecticut in 1911 which is just 30 miles or so from Harrison NY, I think that might be it.

More photos of them, all shot at train stations: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/tags/algerian/

My grandpa could be among them. ;)

me to my friend

Yep, my grand father talked about the battle of Verdun as something that changed his life. Omar, maybe yours was at Verdun as well, you never know; they could have been buddies in some forsaken trench, ducking from German snippers and waiting for that dreaded whistle to charge ahead only to be met with mustard gas and machine guns.

My grandfather, (mon grandpere) was a French officer who was raised in Algeria and led French Algerian troops at Verdun. They fought there 3 times.

Not such strict Muslims then. "Hommes 40, chevaux 8"

these are probably on their way to the battle of the Marne (which runs through Champigny), some of the only fresh troops France could bring to the battle of the Marne to finally stop the German advance. Probably take in the last week of August or the first week of Sept ,1914.