Ruins of a destroyed church in Crezancy, France. The church was bombarded on the night of July 14. Troops of the 3rd Division are seen billeted here. Photograph taken on July 20, 1918, by Pvt. J. E. Gibbon. This image was later passed by the Censor on August 13, 1918.

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