Photos of French Troops Fighting During World War 1 (1914)

A collection of photos of French troops and colonial soldiers fighting in France and Belgium in the early months of World War 1 in 1914. Original captions are in quotations.

Source: The Illustrated War News.

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90% of labour work were given to the chinese black Africans actually did see heavy combat in ww1 especially the Senegalese as they were the first ones to experience gas attacks