Nantillois, Montfaucon, captured, France, 1918 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Nantillois, Montfaucon, captured, France, 1918, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Nantillois, a town north of Montfaucon, captured by the American forces, 1918
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Nantillois, Montfaucon, captured, France, 1918
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Montfaucon and Nantillois, in the Meuse department of northeastern France, sat on German-held ground in the Argonne when the American First Army attacked there on September 26, 1918. Montfaucon, a hilltop village that gave German observers a wide view over the valley, fell to American infantry on the first day of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Nantillois, a few miles away, was taken in the days that followed as the attack pushed through the wooded ridges. Four years of fighting and shelling had already flattened both villages, and the campaign cost the American forces well over 100,000 casualties before the armistice ended combat on November 11. For the soldiers who passed through and the French families who later returned, these names became shorthand for the bloodiest fighting of the American war.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--France |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,507 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Nantillois, a town north of Montfaucon, captured by the American forces, 1918 |
| Reference | FRANCE Nantillois, Montfaucon, captured 1918 |
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