"German machine gun positions along a canal, November 1918. The Germans had prepared dugouts for infantrymen and machine gunners, strategically positioned to cover the ground where the Americans were advancing. They inflicted heavy casualties and used the water in the canal to retreat safely. American signal corps photographers simulate German positions with a camera in the same position as a German machine gun. La Forge Farm, Meuse, France."

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