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2 images with subject World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare--France--Argonne.

  • Familiar type of German Concrete Machine Gun Nest in the Argonne Forest From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.


  • A German observation post in the Argonne, camouflaged among the trees on top of a high hill. Notice the camouflaged fox hole at the foot of the trees where the observer slept. A metal plate at this post with arrows pointing to the nearby towns and giving their distance, shows the thoroughness of the Germans. From Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War).