Friday, May 27, 2016

Battle of Saint Quentin (1914)

The French destroy German camp in Guise.
German camp bursts on fire under attack of French artillery.

French troops make military exercise in the Easter bank of the Oise river.


Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

Royal British Navy defeats the German Imperial Fleet.
Royal British Navy bombs German fort and harbour in Düne Island.

British fort in Heligoland.


Siege of Qingdao (1915)

British Navy raid in Tsingtao Coast.
Japanese Navy bombs Tsingtao harbour.
Japanese infantry pushes back the Germans.

Japanese Army marches in the Western side of Qingdao Bay.


Battle of Le Cateau (1914)

Germans open clearer in the bushes of Le Cateau in order to reach the British camp.
Germans defeat the French Army in Le Cateau.

Germans beat the French and enter the town of Le Cateau.

Corpses left by a charge of German artillery against the French in a bridge of Le Cateau.


Thursday, January 21, 2016

Siege of Maubeuge (1914)

Houses, road, fences, bridge, walls and fort of Maubeuge, before the German attack.
German workers gather supplies for their country's troops in the surroundings of Maubeuge.
German troops and artillery set Maubeuge's town center on fire.






Battle of Lemberg (1914)

Center of Lvov now under the Russian Empire.
Russians take the center of Lvov from the Austrians.
Hungarian detachment fiercely attacks the Russians East of Lvov.





Battle of the Ardennes (1914)

Germans defeat the remaining French defenders and destroy their fort, completing their victory in the Battle of the Ardennes.
A group of German soldiers crosses swamps in the middle of the Ardennes forest.

French camp during the Battle of the Ardennes;