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Two British soldiers are cooking on a 'scrounged' stove in a trench near Ovillers, in July Source: The Experience of Battle

Irish Soldiers Source: The Experience of Battle

German soldiers saying farewell to their families. Source: The Experience of Battle

Gruesome stereographic picture of a trench taken by French photographers. Source: The Experience of Battle

A French Soldier is killed on the battlefield. Picture by a German war photographer. Source: The Experience of Battle

British Expeditionary Force. Source: firstww.htm The Experience of Battle

After weeks of long marches, the German advance on Paris comes to a standstill. Source: The Experience of Battle

After the Battle of Marne, German soldiers retreat to the river Aisne. Source: The Experience of Battle

German army unit of bicycles invading Poland. Source: The Experience of Battle

German trench on the Eastern Front in the swamp area near the Mazuric Lakes, February Source: The Experience of Battle

German soldiers resting in a trench near Ypres, picture taken near beginning of trench warfare. Source: The Experience of Battle

German shock troops conquering a French position. Source: The Experience of Battle

Belgian soldiers, April Source: The Experience of Battle

Soldiers in trenches during Battle of the Somme. Source: The Experience of Battle

German officers inspecting a French trench that began on a farm. Source: The Experience of Battle

Abandoned British tank. Source: The Experience of Battle

As there were often more wounded men than expected, frontline doctors often had to improvise under primitive conditions. Source: The Experience of Battle

German soldiers help bandage a British prisoner-of-war near St. Quentin France. Source: The Experience of Battle

German soldiers paying respects to a killed comrade. Source: The Experience of Battle

On April 22, 1915 the Germans used poison gas for the first time. German infantry men follow the cloud, protected by only a small mouthcap. Source: The Experience of Battle

John Singer Sargent’s painting “Gassed”. Depicts Soldiers blinded by gas being led in lines back to the hospital tents and the dressing stations; the men lie on the ground and near the tents waiting for treatment. Source: