Guerre 14 Campagne 1914-1915 du Lieutenant Aubry... Lot n° 21

Album in-8 oblong (19,5x27 cm) made up of 138 original photographs glued, captioned and dated in ink on the mounts. Silver prints: 8x11 cm on average. Rare set of photographs taken and captioned by Lieutenant Aubry. 2 original drawings (caricatures), destruction of the Chalifert bridge on the Marne river and breach of the Poix viaduct 25-10-1914, bridge on the Avre river near the Amiens and Longueau stations (after the explosion and after the repair), locomotive tests on this bridge, lifting of the Montières bridge on piles of sleepers, Assembly and launching of the bridge of Lamotte Brebières 2 to 6/11/1914, launching and repair of the breach of the bridge of Vecquemont 15/11 to 5/12/1914, destruction of the city of Albert the 17/1/1915 ruins of the basilica, the jewellery store Bulot, place of arms, city hall, café of the music, Rochet-Schneider factories; Boche biplane shot down by Gibert's plane in Querrieu on 10/1/1915, Armoured train N°3 on 19/1/1915, Landing of the English troops in Méricourt, Retreat of the Chinese Bridge in Vecquemont in March 1915, Construction of a railway in Montières, Accident at the Camon fork in April 1915...