This photograph shows the ruins of the town of Varennes during the American advance in the Argonne during World War One. A battery of American Field Artillery can be seen firing at the retreating German columns. It is one of the first official photographs taken of the American advance.

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Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 111-sc-23061, advance, american, argonne, artillery, captured, columns, corps, field, german, military, photographs, retreating, ruins, salve, sc, signal, sumber, town, varennes, war, world