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Two french soldiers from the 69th infantry regiment, maybe in Belgium at the end of 1914. The mens are wearing something unsual for the french army during WWI. They are equiped with furniture (backpack,ammunition pouches) which were not made with leather as it was common. This type of equipment was a prototype in 1908 and was abandoned soon after. It is know after the name of Mills. Colours by Luc Heinrich from France French Armed Forces, Ww1 History, Ww1 Soldiers, Military Photography, Standard Form, French Army, Army Uniform, The Army, Military Uniform

Two french soldiers from the 69th infantry regiment, maybe in Belgium at the end of 1914. The mens are wearing something unsual for the french army during WWI. They are equiped with furniture (backpack,ammunition pouches) which were not made with leather as it was common. This type of equipment was a prototype in 1908 and was abandoned soon after. It is know after the name of Mills. Colours by Luc Heinrich from France

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Louis Porche, a roofer drafted in 1914, August 1914, probably in Nevers. When the First World War broke out, the French Army still had in service their nineteenth century uniforms, known navy blue coats and red trousers and cap. The French cuirassiers cavalry soldiers still wore the same uniforms of the Napoleonic period, that had nearly unchanged in one hundred years. Adolphe Messimy, Minister of War, wisely claimed ‘This stupid blind attachment to the most visible of colours will have…

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