Monday, August 12, 2013

5e Régiment

A group of 5th Regiment engineers in a mix of work Fatigues and regular uniforms. The soldier on the left wears the specialist insignia of the railways.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Dugout near Riga


A dugout behind the front line near Riga that took a direct hit from an artillery shell.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

155mm Cannons Mle 1877


A row of French 155mm Cannons Mle 1877 at Verdun. A different view of these same four guns was previously posted in 2011.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

2. Hannoversches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 77


This card was sent in November 1916 while the 77th Infantry Regiment was in Sissonne Camp to receive some training after spending the first half of the year on the Eastern Front.

Dewey, 1916



Saturday, August 3, 2013

74th Landwehr in Belgium


A member of the 74th Landwehr posing by a damaged house in Belgium. His unit spent most 1916 in the area southeast of Ypres before moving to the Somme in October. Kruisstraat would be the site of three mine explosions during the Third Battle of Ypres.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Schützengraben


Oberleutnant Klee and another officer in a trench on the Eastern Front near the Dunajec river.