#armentieres

[herprivateswe]

Image: IWM (Q 55261) The Battle of the Lys. German 21cm Morser 1916 heavy howitzers being drawn along a road by tractors at Armentieres, 9 April 1918.

[thisdayinwwi]

Apr 9 1918 During The Battle of the Lys, a German official photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 55261, of a German 21cm Morser 1916 heavy howitzers being drawn along a road by tractors at Armentieres.

April 9 1918-04-09

[theworldofwars]

British soldiers in position at a gun post possibly near Armentieres, 1915.

[mtwws-orvkns]

Mapping The World With §ound§ in Armentières - 1/07/2020 - Cloches de l’église St-Vaast.

Dans le cadre de l’installation sonore “On s’dit quoi” Louvre-Lens 2020.

Remerciements : Monsieur Philippe Heudre et Monsieur Thomas Roeland

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In the trenches of Armentieres, 1916. X

[herprivateswe]

An elderly lady serves coffee to British troops at a French estaminet behind the lines at Croix-du-Bac, near Armentières. The estaminets of the Western Front, which provided the same sort of service as an English pub, were one of the first ports of call for troops just out of the trenches.

[thisdayinwwi]

Jan 20 1919 War Photographer David McLellan takes pictures of the ruins of a church in Armentieres IWM (Q 9947),  ruins of Radinghem Church  IWM (Q 9948),  IWM (Q 9950),  IWM (Q 9951)

1919-01-20

Bottom two photos are a French photographer taking a picture of ruined houses at the junction of the Rue des Pres and Rue des Hollandais (L)  IWM (Q 78652) and other ruined houses (R) IWM (Q 78650) in Hazebrouck

January 20, 1919

[poor-bloody-infantry]

© IWM (Q 586) Soldier of the 2nd Australian Division by a gas alarm in the trenches at Croix du Bac, near Armentieres, 18 May 1916. The duckboards present testify about the amount of mud and water the area receives.