french soldiers in world war i

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Here is a collection of colorized photos showing everyday life of French soldiers from 1914-1918, during World War One.

Fort Vaux, November 22, 1916

French and British soldiers standing around a German A7V tank captured at Villers-Brettoneux, May 1918

French cantonment with canteen near Verdun, March 1917

Two French prisoners posing with their guards - 1917

French lines on the right bank, Lorraine, 1918

French prisoners in Verdun, March 1917

French soldiers at the village of Souilly - 1916

Soldiers leaving the village to join Verdun, Nubécourt, August 23, 1916

French stretcher bearers loading a wounded soldier into an American ambulance, Westouter, West Flanders, May 1918

A dead horse on the Bouvancourt road, near Jonchery sur Vesle, April 22, 1917

Senegalese French troops getting acquainted with their new gas masks.

Two soldiers playing a game of chess - 1917

Some French and American soldiers who took part in the capture of Cantigny standing in front of a French Schneider tank, May 1918.

Eating soup in the trenches of the 204th Infantry Regiment, Bois des Buttes, September 17, 1917.

Soldiers returning from the Battle of the Argonne, July 17, 1915

Troops returning from Fort de Vaux, around Nixéville (department of Meuse, France ), April 8, 1916

A French soldier killed while he was eating, October 27, 1915

After the fighting, soldiers surrounded the bodies of their comrades, Region of Verdun, 1916

Canadian officers (left) inspect in a large French gun mounted on a railroad car, October 1917

In the Somme, the 28th regiment in a trench - 1916

Cooperative canteen of Portes de Fer, October-November 1916