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Title	French Grenadiers at Marne
Image rights	Digital image © 2007, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees, that may be necessary for the intended use.
Subjects	World War, 1914-1918 Soldiers Armies Warfare Campaigns & battles Grenadiers Marne, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918 Trench warfare
Description	French Grenadiers taken at the Battle of the Marne in France. The soldiers are shown in trenches.
Date	ca. 1914-1918
Type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
ID#	33147
Collection name	Karl Kleeman World War I Photographs
Place	France
Historical note	The Second Battle of the Marne took place during the Summer of 1918. During the Spring Offensive, the German Army advanced over the Aisne in late May and reached the Marne on June 5th. The French Army was in poor condition and the Commander-in-Chief,; Henri-Philippe Petain knew the British were tied ut at Lys. EventuallySir Douglas Haig agreed to send Petain four divisions and two divisions of the recently arrived United States Army were available. Over 85,000 American soldiers took part in the battle.
Accession number	2006-059
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
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