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Bar-le-Duc. – The New Hospital Buildings – E. C. PARIS. – The Chamber of Deputies and the Pont de la Concorde.  The Concorde Bridge BOURBONNE-LES-BAINS. On the road to the Maynard Spring. BOURBONNE-LES-BAINS. – Military Hospital DAMREMONT - Rue du Centre Sarthe. Château de la Roche-Mailly Sarthe. Château de Sable, seen from the port.     Le Luart. - Château du Luart

  Castle of Courtanvaux.  The first constructions date back to the 14th e   century , when the lords of Bessé built a medieval mansion intended to comfort the  local population and act as protection in the event of conflict. This fortress played a strategic role during the Middle Ages, particularly during the Hundred Years war. In 1427, on his way to join Joan of Arc at Orleans, the famous Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) besieged the fortress which had been occupied by the English for many years. Château de La Roche   in the 17th century, because of repetitive floods, the castle lost its attraction, resembling more and more a fortified house that became a ruin in later centuries. At the end of the 1900s, an industrialist from Roanne bought the castle and restored it in the Gothic style, intending it as a second home.   Château Chardonneux in Saint-Biez-en-Belin is renowne d as the "Le Mot et l'Image." Built in 1882 by architect Pierre-Félix Delarue, t...

Château-du-Loir, Paris-Bordeaux line – Beautiful view of the Loir Château-du-Loir (Sarthe) – Level crossing   Chateau du Loir currently on the market asking price, 2,979,000 euros ($3,397,236.70)     Near Château-du-Loir (Sarthe): a lovely spot in Saint-Germain-d'Arcé. Mayet is a commune in the region of Pays de Loire in north-western France. Mayer (Sarthe) - Rue St-Nicholas Center   Mayet (Sarthe) - Picturesque Lane   MARCON (Sarthe) Lovely landscape: L'Abreuvoir Monumental Fountain

      Naval railway guns in World War I were ship - borne artillery pieces mounted onto railway carriagesto provide mobile heavy fire support.   Pioneered early in the war, these batteries allowed armies to strike strategic targe ts—like ammunition dumps and railway junctions far behind enemy lines without relying on fixed, stationary emplacements      World War 1 marked the first major conflice to utilize aircraft in warfare.  Over the course of four years,  airships evolved from primitive, unarmed observation tools into heavily armed, strategic weapons of combat that established the foundation for modern air superiority.   Ferdinand Foch, the French general and Supreme Allied Commander during World War I, has two famous quotes: one  showcasing his relentless aggression in battle  and another predicting the future of Europe.       1.   "My centre is giving way, my right is retreating; situation ex...

SEARCHING THE RUINS, SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE A DERLICT TANK NEAR CAMBRAI "DOWN IN A SHELL CRATER WE FOUGHT" - BATTLE OF CAMBRAI SCOTS ENTRENCHED AND CHEERILY AWAITING A COUNTERATTACK GERMAN AMMUNITION DEPOT DESTROYED BY FRENCH AIRMEN, ALINCOURT, FRANCE THE AMERICAN CEMETERY AT BELLEAU WOOD BARBED WIRE IN THE TRENCHES TAKING AWAY THE WOUNDED IN MOTOR AMBULANCES

  WORLD WAR 1 BATTLEFIELD PHOTOS, GRAPHIC CONTENT FROM THE KEYSTONE COMPANY "ENEMY AIRMEN SUCCESSFULLY BOMBED ONE OF OUR SUPPLY TRAINS"   "HUMAN WRECKAGE IN NO MAN'S LAND, CHEM DAMES, FRANCE"     "WHEN HELL WAS LOOSED - LENS"     "NO MAN'S LAND NEAR LEN'S, FRANCE"   "PROUD MEN OF THE NORTH WHO FOUGHT ON FLANDERS FIELDS" "ALLIED SOLDIERS BINDING UP THE WOUNDS OF THEIR PRISONERS AFTER THE BATTLE" "THE HORROR OF WAR-GHASTLY GLIMPSE OF WOUNDED" "CARRYING OUT THE WOUNDED"   "RUINS OF SOISSONS AND IT'S TWO GREAT CATHEDRALS" "GERMAN DEAD IN THE LA BASSE AREA"   "INTERNMENT OF THE FALLEN BRAVE IN THE CEMETERY AT VILLERS AU BOIS, FRANCE"