The French infantry displayed considerable ingenuity in the construction of trench mortars made from unexploded German shells from which they fired bombs into the German trenches. In the photograph two of these mortars have just been fired and two others are seen about to be discharged.
Trench warfare in the Argonne
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- Dates of Creation1914-1918
- Language of MaterialEnglish
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