Title

The Third Battle of the Aisne, Chemin des Dames, France, 1918. Artist: Unknown

Caption

The Third Battle of the Aisne, Chemin des Dames, France, 1918. A lorry carrying French infantry passes a unit of cavalry. A strategically important ridge overlooking the River Aisne, the Chemin des Dames was the site of several major battles between 1916 and 1918. The ridge was the initial objective of the Germans during the Third Battle of the Aisne, their great Spring Offensive designed to defeat the Allies before the large-scale deployment of American forces was completed. They launched their attack on 27 May and rapidly broke through the Allied lines. For a while it appeared that the Germans had achieved a decisive breakthrough and Paris was gripped by an atmosphere of crisis, but by 6 June the attack had run out of momentum and was halted at the Marne.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1918

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C13_232

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

90,7Mb (2,3Mb) / 22,9in x 15,4in / 6876 x 4609 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation animal road people male man men animals horses horse street country French France guy lane avenue war front location century lorry soldiers soldier first world war concept battle picardy B&W cavalry MONOCHROME Army warfare road Transport World War I WWI black & white black and white B W Military personnel World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War Aisne cavalryman Chemin des Dames TGN Third Battle of the Aisne Western Front WW1 photograph Unknown photograph