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A LA GLOIRE DU TROUPIER BELGE 2 PARTIE [Main]

TER EERE VAN DEN BELGISCHEN SOLDAT 2 DEEL [alternative]

Soldiers start digging a trench system and wiring up the positions. Finned mortar bombs for a 58mm Crapouillot (?) are carried forward into a front-line trench and used to bombard the German positions. A patrol in a flooded area. A trench system near damaged buildings. A group of soldiers leaves wattle dugouts in response to an alert. A sniper takes aim and falls back wounded (acted ?). His friend…

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Subject

  • EFG1914
  • Belgian Army
  • operations, Belgian military - routine
  • engineering, military, Belgian
  • defences, Belgian - emplacement: fortress
  • weapons, French - mortar: 58mm Crapouillot & [Belgian]
  • demolition, Belgian - denial
  • combat, Belgian - artillery bombardment
  • destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment
  • medical, Belgian military - emergency
  • …
  • World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
  • Belgium
  • World War I

Type of item

  • motion pictures (visual works)
  • Film