Stretcher cases being transported on carts, 1915 (c)

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1915 (c).

The bright uniforms worn by French infantry in the early months of the war, alongside a reckless doctrine of attack at all times, help explain the staggering losses sustained by the French Army. By the end of 1914 they had lost nearly a million men killed, captured or wounded.

From a collection of 148 photographs relating to the work of the British Ambulance Committee serving with the French Army in the Vosges.