American captain of engineers safely detonating a time-fused explosive left behind by the Germans in the neighborhood of Fismes and Fismette on the Vesle, during their evacuation. The captain uses a battery and wires to set off the explosive from a safe distance. Photograph taken on October 14, 1918.

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