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CITIES and VILLAGES

DESTRUCTION

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clarisses destruction ruine guerre war 14 18 WW1 patrick milan

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad treatment from the Germans

in the occupied districts of France.

At the right is an old 12th century castle.

In the center is the tower of the old village church

between 1914 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

clarisss destruction ruine guerre war 14 18 WW1 patrick milan

The Clarisses (left) where the old people died like flies after bad treatment from the Germans

in the occupied districts of France.

At the right is an old 12th century castle.

In the center is the tower of the old village church

between 1914 and 1920

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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English Mission house wrecked by Zeppelin, 1/31/16

Photograph shows a mission house in Staffordshire, England

where a German zeppelin dropped a bomb that killed three people including

a woman missionary during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013 and the Illustrated London News, February 12, 1916, p. 213)

1/31/16

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Choisy au Bac

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House burned by Germans,

Choisy Au Bac

Photograph shows a house burned by German soldiers in France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1918 Nov. 16

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Bruges

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Gate to Bruges, damaged by the Germans in their retreat

Porte de Bruges (Belgique)

November 1918

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Bruges

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Gate to Bruges (in background) and bridge destroyed by Germans in their retreat

November 1918

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Louvain

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Ruins of the Library at Louvain destroyed by the Germans in 1914.

Picture taken just after the departure of the Germans

November 1918.

Photographer : Guerin.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Fismes

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Damage done by Germans in their retreat of August, 1918.

House completely destroyed by artillery west of Fismes

24 October 1918.

Photographer : Joseph A. Collin - Sgt. Hiney refer.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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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

4 September 1918

Photographer  : ARC Commission to France

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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The American Red Cross is assisting the Friends' Ambulance Unit to become re-established,

after German bombs wrecked their headquarters, killing two workers and injuring four

22 November 1918

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Reims

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Reims.

Destruction done by German shells

May 1919

Photographer  : Red Cross photo

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Roye

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The City Hall of Roye did not escape from their work of destruction

5 March 1919

Photographer  : ARC

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Saint Mihiel

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Saint Mihiel (Meuse)

The Quartier Senarmont at the edge of the city where the destruction was greatest

June 1919.

Photographer: ARC. Paris Office; photo by the American Red Cross

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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helen kirtland destruction ruine guerre war 14 18 WW1 patrick milan
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Ypres

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Ruines d'Ypres - Le Collège

The ruins at Ypres - The Collège

Photographic postcard shows the destruction to

"The Collège" in Ypres (leper), Belgium, after World War I;

Kirtland, Helen Johns, 1890-1979, collector

Nels, Édouard, 1869-1925.

Bruxelles : Edition J. Revyn, 14, rue du Canada, Bruxelles,

1918 or 1919

Helen Johns Kirtland and Lucian Swift Kirtland photographs of World War I in Europe

(Library of Congress).

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Paris

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Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis,

September 19, 1918

Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse

in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918.

United States. Army. Signal Corps.

1918 

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

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Arras

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A church in Arras cut in half by German shells

Photograph shows a church with considerable damage sustained during bombardment

by German guns in Arras, France, during World War I.

1919

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

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Bouresches

The destroyed town of Bouresches, France, on the edge of Belleau Woods

Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.), photographer

1918

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

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Cambrai

Cambrai, France, 1919

King, W. L. (William Lester), photographer

On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio;

by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army."

1919

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

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Soissons

Soissons, France, 1919

On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio; by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army."

1919

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

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Scene in the village of Jarnow showing destruction of buildings by artillery fire

during the Russo-Austrian military operations

28 October 1919

Photographer: ARC Capt. Marshall.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

serbia serbie destruction ruine guerre war 14 18 WW1 patrick milan

What's the matter with Serbia?

It is the broken lines of communication and general spoilation of the country by the enemy.

This scene is typical of the condition of highway communication throughout the land.

The Bulgars blew up this bridge in their retreat behind the old Turkish fortress in the background.

 This bridge formed the only connecting link with Nish from the South and its destruction delayed

the arrival of American Red Cross relief in that destitute city by several days

4 December 1919 

Photographer  : A.R.C. Paris Office

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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