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  3. IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Trench warfare in France and Belgium 1914-1915

IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Trench warfare in France and Belgium 1914-1915

Feb 13, 2025

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  • WW1: The Fighting Fifth ( Northumberland Fusiliers ) XLF3787051 WW1: The Fighting Fifth ( Northumberland Fusiliers ); (add.info.: WW1: The Fighting Fifth ( Northumberland Fusiliers ) after the Battle of St Eloi, 14-15 March 1915. Official War Photograph published on postcard. Series 7. No. 53. Caption on reverse: Assisted by the Royal Fusiliers) took with splendid dash and the first and second link trenches at St. Eloi .); Lebrecht History. Copyright: xLebrechtxHistoryx xBridgemanxImagesx 3787051

    WW1: The Fighting Fifth ( Northumberland Fusiliers ) XLF3787051 WW1: The Fighting Fifth ( Northumberland Fusiliers ); (add.info.: WW1: The Fighting Fifth ( Northumberland Fusiliers ) after the Battle of St Eloi, 14-15 March 1915. Official War Photograph published on postcard. Series 7. No. 53. Caption on reverse: Assisted by the Royal Fusiliers) took with splendid dash and the first and second link trenches at St. Eloi .); Lebrecht History. Copyright: xLebrechtxHistoryx xBridgemanxImagesx 3787051

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED French Front 1915 French soldiers in a trench at Souain on the French Front in France during World War I in 1915 Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10280706

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED French Front 1915 French soldiers in a trench at Souain on the French Front in France during World War I in 1915 Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10280706

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED French Front 1915 French infantry, having captured a front line German trench, advance to their next objective in Calonne on the French Front in France during World War I in 1915 Date: July 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10280678

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED French Front 1915 French infantry, having captured a front line German trench, advance to their next objective in Calonne on the French Front in France during World War I in 1915 Date: July 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10280678

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED British troops in France 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, 7th Division, in the trenches at La Boutillerie on the Western Front in France during World War I in Winter 1914-1915 Date: 1914-1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10267053

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED British troops in France 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, 7th Division, in the trenches at La Boutillerie on the Western Front in France during World War I in Winter 1914-1915 Date: 1914-1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10267053

  • WWI: TRENCHES, c1915. German soldiers in a trench. Photograph, c1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0354457

    WWI: TRENCHES, c1915. German soldiers in a trench. Photograph, c1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0354457

  • WWI: TRENCHES, c1915. German soldiers in the trenches in the Argonne Forest in France. Photograph, c1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0354446

    WWI: TRENCHES, c1915. German soldiers in the trenches in the Argonne Forest in France. Photograph, c1915. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0354446

  • Album Meine weltkriegs - Erinnerungen South-West Front (Carinthia, Italien, South Tyrol) (My world war - memories of the South-Western Front in Carinthia, Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige) 31 03 1915-12 11 1918 - Josef Zohles Wien : trench (b w photo) 1251150 Album Meine weltkriegs - Erinnerungen South-West Front (Carinthia, Italien, South Tyrol) (My world war - memories of the South-Western Front in Carinthia, Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige) 31 03 1915-12 11 1918 - Josef Zohles Wien : trench (b w photo) by Zohles, Josef (fl.1915); (add.info.: Zohles Josef Europe); Fratelli Alinari Museum Collections, Florence, Italy. Copyright: xFratellixAlinarixMuseumxCollections,xFlorence,xItalyx xBridgemanxImagesx 1251150

    Album Meine weltkriegs - Erinnerungen South-West Front (Carinthia, Italien, South Tyrol) (My world war - memories of the South-Western Front in Carinthia, Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige) 31 03 1915-12 11 1918 - Josef Zohles Wien : trench (b w photo) 1251150 Album Meine weltkriegs - Erinnerungen South-West Front (Carinthia, Italien, South Tyrol) (My world war - memories of the South-Western Front in Carinthia, Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige) 31 03 1915-12 11 1918 - Josef Zohles Wien : trench (b w photo) by Zohles, Josef (fl.1915); (add.info.: Zohles Josef Europe); Fratelli Alinari Museum Collections, Florence, Italy. Copyright: xFratellixAlinarixMuseumxCollections,xFlorence,xItalyx xBridgemanxImagesx 1251150

  • WW1 - Catholic Mass in the Trenches at Bienvillers-aux-Bois WW1 - French troops partake in Catholic Mass in the Trenches at Bienvillers-aux-Bois - August 1915. It was estimated that over 20,000 priests served in the French army in some capacity. Services were often carried out in the trenches, and the priest would wear his surplice over his uniform where possible. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11677661

    WW1 - Catholic Mass in the Trenches at Bienvillers-aux-Bois WW1 - French troops partake in Catholic Mass in the Trenches at Bienvillers-aux-Bois - August 1915. It was estimated that over 20,000 priests served in the French army in some capacity. Services were often carried out in the trenches, and the priest would wear his surplice over his uniform where possible. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11677661

  • STOCKHOLM 1915 01 01 King Gustaf V and Prince Carl inspect trenches Stockhom Sweden x1902x Copyright: xTTxHISTORICALx KUNGLIG INSPEKTION

    STOCKHOLM 1915 01 01 King Gustaf V and Prince Carl inspect trenches Stockhom Sweden x1902x Copyright: xTTxHISTORICALx KUNGLIG INSPEKTION

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Italian soldiers in the trenches, Gorizia, Italy 1915-18 01 02 1915 972_33_W391771

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Italian soldiers in the trenches, Gorizia, Italy 1915-18 01 02 1915 972_33_W391771

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Soldiers in the trenches on sabotino, Italy 1915-18 01 02 1915 972_33_W391770

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Soldiers in the trenches on sabotino, Italy 1915-18 01 02 1915 972_33_W391770

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Postcard of soldiers inside trenches, 1915. Soldiers in a command post installed in a trench in the town of Kriegers, during World War I, in July 1915. Copyright: xpiemagsx piebilovirtua05072022-506 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Postcard of soldiers inside trenches, 1915. Soldiers in a command post installed in a trench in the town of Kriegers, during World War I, in July 1915. Copyright: xpiemagsx piebilovirtua05072022-506 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • Autumn Battle of Champagne 1915, Kgl Sächs Res Inf Regt 104

    Autumn Battle of Champagne 1915, Kgl Sächs Res Inf Regt 104

  • Autumn Battle of Champagne 1915, Kgl Sächs Res Inf Regt 104

    Autumn Battle of Champagne 1915, Kgl Sächs Res Inf Regt 104

  • German trench, dugout, thermoses

    German trench, dugout, thermoses

  • World War I 1914-1918 World War I 1914-1918: German underground infantry shelters, 1915. Military, Army, Soldier Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP11A00_457

    World War I 1914-1918 World War I 1914-1918: German underground infantry shelters, 1915. Military, Army, Soldier Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP11A00_457

  • Belgian troops in Nieuwpoort, 1915 Belgian troops coming back from the trenches and crossing the town of Nieuwpoort, which has been destroyed by German bombings. 1915 Copyright: xPhoto12 CollectionxBernardxCrochetx CRO18A00158

    Belgian troops in Nieuwpoort, 1915 Belgian troops coming back from the trenches and crossing the town of Nieuwpoort, which has been destroyed by German bombings. 1915 Copyright: xPhoto12 CollectionxBernardxCrochetx CRO18A00158

  • World War One German infantry advance from a trench under allied gunfire. 1915 World War One German infantry advance from a trench under allied gunfire. 1915 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP17A22048

    World War One German infantry advance from a trench under allied gunfire. 1915 World War One German infantry advance from a trench under allied gunfire. 1915 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP17A22048

  • How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross at Loos : Emulating the heroism of Piper Findlater at Dargai . Playing The Flowers of the Forest outside the British trenches under German fire : Piper Daniel Laidlaw , of the King s Own Scottish Borderers heartens his comrades with the skirl of the pipes in absolute disregard of danger . 25 September 1915, France Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1327345

    How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross at Loos : Emulating the heroism of Piper Findlater at Dargai . Playing The Flowers of the Forest outside the British trenches under German fire : Piper Daniel Laidlaw , of the King s Own Scottish Borderers heartens his comrades with the skirl of the pipes in absolute disregard of danger . 25 September 1915, France Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1327345

  • Photograph of the trenches on the Italian front during winter. Dated 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_074_0561

    Photograph of the trenches on the Italian front during winter. Dated 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_074_0561

  • Photograph of French Soldiers in the Trenches and bomb craters in a destroyed forest during combat in World War One. Dated 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0086

    Photograph of French Soldiers in the Trenches and bomb craters in a destroyed forest during combat in World War One. Dated 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0086

  • First world War british soldiers in trenches on the western Front circa 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_044_0657

    First world War british soldiers in trenches on the western Front circa 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_044_0657

  • French Zouaves killed by gas during a battle on the western front, during world war one, 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_40_794

    French Zouaves killed by gas during a battle on the western front, during world war one, 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_40_794

  • World War 1 - Housing for soldiers consisted of dugout trenches. France 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0313

    World War 1 - Housing for soldiers consisted of dugout trenches. France 1915 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0313

  • World War 1 - French soldiers look nervously from the limited shelter offered by their trenches at the beginning of the Battle of Champagne, 1915. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0293

    World War 1 - French soldiers look nervously from the limited shelter offered by their trenches at the beginning of the Battle of Champagne, 1915. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0293

  • World War I 1914-1918: View inside the German trenches in France, 1915. Officers are examining plans while a rifleman stands keeping watch behind sandbags. Military, Army, Soldier, Weapon, Smallarms WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0510004658

    World War I 1914-1918: View inside the German trenches in France, 1915. Officers are examining plans while a rifleman stands keeping watch behind sandbags. Military, Army, Soldier, Weapon, Smallarms WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0510004658

  • World War I 1914-1918: Wounded German soldier on a stretcher being treated behind the trenches by a field medical team displaying the symbol of the Red Cross, 1915. Medicine First Aid Warfare Casualty WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0510004623

    World War I 1914-1918: Wounded German soldier on a stretcher being treated behind the trenches by a field medical team displaying the symbol of the Red Cross, 1915. Medicine First Aid Warfare Casualty WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0510004623

  • Photograph of the trenches on the Italian front during winter. Dated 1915 WorldxHistoryxArchive

    Photograph of the trenches on the Italian front during winter. Dated 1915 WorldxHistoryxArchive

  • World War One German infantry advance from a trench under allied gunfire. 1915 WorldxHistoryxArchive

    World War One German infantry advance from a trench under allied gunfire. 1915 WorldxHistoryxArchive

  • Jan. 1, 1915 - A German machine gun in the trenches near Rheims. - ZUMAk09

    Jan. 1, 1915 - A German machine gun in the trenches near Rheims. - ZUMAk09

  • WW1: 2nd Scots Guards in trenches at Rue Petillion near Fleurbaix, January 1915. UnitedArchives00921163

    WW1: 2nd Scots Guards in trenches at Rue Petillion near Fleurbaix, January 1915. UnitedArchives00921163

  • WW1: Northern France: Canadian troops in front line trenches, Ploegsteert Wood, October 1915 UnitedArchives00920341

    WW1: Northern France: Canadian troops in front line trenches, Ploegsteert Wood, October 1915 UnitedArchives00920341

  • WW1: Northern France: 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade 6th and 7th Division, Bois Grenier Sector, March-June 1915. A group of men in the trenches. Note jam-tin bombs, brushwood revetting and dugout in parapet. UnitedArchives00920326

    WW1: Northern France: 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade 6th and 7th Division, Bois Grenier Sector, March-June 1915. A group of men in the trenches. Note jam-tin bombs, brushwood revetting and dugout in parapet. UnitedArchives00920326

  • Italian Army . Siege Battery after 8 hours of firing . 1915 UnitedArchives00411731

    Italian Army . Siege Battery after 8 hours of firing . 1915 UnitedArchives00411731

  • First World War Siesta : Exhausted Serbian soldiers at rest sleeping in the trenches 1915 UnitedArchives00126670

    First World War Siesta : Exhausted Serbian soldiers at rest sleeping in the trenches 1915 UnitedArchives00126670

  • Lord Kitchener at Anzac, 13th November 1915, returning through trenches to the beach from Russell s Top & Bully Beef Sap. With him is General Birdwood Kitchener, Horatio Herbert British general in Boer War, Sudan, and World War I; won battle of Khartoum 1898; 1st Anglo-Egyptian governor-general of Sudan 1898-1899 _1850-1916 !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Mono Print UnitedArchives0873282

    Lord Kitchener at Anzac, 13th November 1915, returning through trenches to the beach from Russell s Top & Bully Beef Sap. With him is General Birdwood Kitchener, Horatio Herbert British general in Boer War, Sudan, and World War I; won battle of Khartoum 1898; 1st Anglo-Egyptian governor-general of Sudan 1898-1899 _1850-1916 !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Mono Print UnitedArchives0873282

  • WW1: Truricea Italiana. Italian trenches at Gallipoli. 1915 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0775315

    WW1: Truricea Italiana. Italian trenches at Gallipoli. 1915 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0775315

  • Ww1: 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers in front line trenches, Kenmiel, Jan. 1915. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division. Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0775267

    Ww1: 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers in front line trenches, Kenmiel, Jan. 1915. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division. Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0775267

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