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CITIES and VILLAGES

DESTRUCTION

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lviv ukraine lemberg destruction bomb ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Lviv

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Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg

Photograph shows German soldiers on bridge at Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire,

(now Lviv, Ukraine), during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Bain News Service, publisher

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Choisy au Bac

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Choisy Au Bac

Houses burned by Germans

Photograph shows a street with houses in Choisy-au-Bac, France

which were damaged by German forces during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914 Nov. 6

Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:

"Choisy-au-Bac, village situé dans la forêt de Laigne:

maisons incendiées par les Allemands."

Translation:

Choisy -au-Bac, village located in the forest of Laigne: houses burned by the Germans.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Belgian Farm House -- fired by Germans

Photograph shows a farmhouse in Belgium

which was burned by the German Army during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Reims

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Chimney near Reims hit by German Shell

Photograph shows a damaged factory chimney near Reims, France

which was hit by a German shell during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914 Oct. 31

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

trilport meaux destruction bomb ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Trilport

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At Trilport near Meaux where German auto fell into river

Photograph shows the wreckage of an automobile

on which two German officers died while attempting to cross a bridge

that had previously been destroyed at Trilport, France.

 (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

1914 Nov.

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Wreckage of a house immediately adjacent to the Hotel Palace, at [...] caused by German shell fire.

AMERICAN RED CROSS driver standing among the ruins

between 1914 and 1920

Photographer  : M. Pierce

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Nieuport

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Red Cross workers in one of the ruined streets at Nieuport

where the fighting was fiercest.

The German shells were still falling when this photo was made

between 1914 and 1919

Photographer  : ARC, Underwood & Underwood (cop.)

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

senlis rue republique destruction bomb ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Senlis

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Senlis

Rue de la République

Photograph shows war damage from German bombs in Senlis, France, during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:

"Senlis: la rue de la République bombardée par les Allemands.

" Translation:

Rue de la République bombed by the Germans.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Soissons

Soissons.jpg

Photograph shows buildings in Soissons, France

after bombardment by German forces during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption:

"A Soissons, bombardement par les Allemands: maisons en ruines.

" Translation:

At Soissons, bombardment by the Germans: Houses in ruins.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

nidzica poland church destruction bomb ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Nidzica

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Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians

Photograph shows a church in Neidenburg, German Empire, (now Nidzica, Poland)

which was damaged by Russian forces during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

neidenburg russian church nidzica poland destruction bomb ww1 guerre 1914 1918

Nidzica

Nidzica.jpg

Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians

Photograph shows a church in Neidenburg, German Empire, (now Nidzica, Poland)

which was damaged by Russian forces during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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