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Image Not Available for The Morocca Spahis are great favourites with the French Army + are admired for their fighting ability + fearless behaviors on the field of battle
The Morocca Spahis are great favourites with the French Army + are admired for their fighting ability + fearless behaviors on the field of battle
Image Not Available for The Morocca Spahis are great favourites with the French Army + are admired for their fighting ability + fearless behaviors on the field of battle

The Morocca Spahis are great favourites with the French Army + are admired for their fighting ability + fearless behaviors on the field of battle

Creator Allied French
Date1914
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsAlbum: 31 × 25.7 × 2.5 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/8 × 1 in.)
Image: 14.1 × 20 cm (5 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2004
Category
Object number2004/686.28b
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for No troops are more feared by the Germans than the Algerian Spahis. A detachment of these men camping in a field after the Battle of (?)
No troops are more feared by the Germans than the Algerian Spahis. A detachment of these men camping in a field after the Battle of (?)
Allied French
1914
Photograph
Image Not Available for German prisoners captured by the Spahis
German prisoners captured by the Spahis
Allied French
1914
Photograph
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
Image Not Available for The great destructive powers of the modern artillery. What was once a machine gun is now merely a twisted heap of iron + splintered wood
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
Image Not Available for The Allies are slowly driving the enemy back, but under great difficulty owing to the destruction of most of the bridges
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
Image Not Available for During the Battle of the Aisne a detachment of Germans (?) a patrol of Zouaves
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
Image Not Available for Wounded from the Battle of the Marne
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
Image Not Available for The French dummy cannon. The Germans thinking they had discovered a concealed battery heavily bombarded these wooden erections + wasted much ammunition
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Allied French
1914
Photograph
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