This
picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War one images from a
private collection. The photographs offer an unusual view of varied and
contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon
lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of
life and death in the trenches. Above, British troops advance during the battle
of the Somme in 1916.
Picture: REUTERS/Archive of Modern Conflict
London
In pictures: Never before seen photographs from
World War one frontline
A Viscount in the Armoured Cavalry Branch of
the French Army has left a collection of hundreds of glass plates taken during
World War one that have never been published before. The images, by an unknown
photographer, show the daily life of soldiers in the trenches, destruction of
towns and military leaders.
Above, a French officer stands near a cemetery with recently dug
graves of soldiers killed on the frontline at Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe on the
Champagne front, eastern France December 19, 1916.
Picture: REUTERS/Collection Odette
Carrez