2-981-400 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Ramenés au Devoir; Arretés dans leur debandade, des soldats qui avaient abandonné leur equipement recoivent de nouvelles armes; en quelques instants, sur ce point, 800 hommes rallies et rearmés se tenaient prets a recevoir la cavalerie allemande', 1917. First World War: stopped from fleeing, soldiers who had abandoned their equipment receive new weapons; within a few moments, 800 men rallied and armed stood here ready to receive the German cavalry. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].