Town of Clearmont Meuse-Argonne sector, France, 1918 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Library of Congress record: The town of Clearmont [sic] in the Meuse-Argonne sector
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Town of Clearmont Meuse-Argonne sector, France, 1918
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Clermont, which the title spells as Clearmont, was a small market town in the Argonne hills of northeastern France in 1918, with farms and stone houses that had long depended on the surrounding woods and fields. By autumn it lay within the Meuse-Argonne sector, where American forces opened their major offensive on September 26, 1918. Shelling and the constant movement of men and materiel had left the town battered, and its roads carried ammunition, supplies, and troops toward the fighting in the forest to the north. Residents who had lived through more than four years of war knew the district less for its trade than for its place on the front, and the offensive ended with the armistice on November 11.
| 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 × 1,251 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The town of Clearmont [sic] in the Meuse-Argonne sector |
| Reference | FRANCE Town of Clearmont Meuse-Argonne sector 1918 |
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