On the Western Front of World War I, in October 1919, shortly after the outbreak of fighting between French and German troops in the northern French manufacturing town of Lille, the streets of Lille were strewn with the bodies of many other warhorses and soldiers.

   This photograph was taken on a street in Lille, a manufacturing town in northern France, in October 1919, shortly after fighting broke out between French and German troops on the Western Front of World War I. The streets of Lille were strewn with the bodies of dead soldiers and many other war horses. The German army occupied the town of Lille on August 21, and it was the target of French artillery and attacks for several months. The two armies tried to drive each other out.

    The First World War broke out on July 28th 1914, and in the early stages of the war, the situation was not good for the Allies. The Germans invaded Belgium and France under a well-planned strategy, and the Allies retreated, with many prisoners taken. The German occupation of Lille began on October 13th 1914, and after 10 days of siege and heavy bombardment, 882 apartment blocks and office buildings and 1500 houses were destroyed. By the end of October 1914, the city of Lille was under German military control. In no time at all, Lille became a place where German soldiers could relax and escape the fighting.

    On August 20th 1914, the Germans crossed the Meuse River and occupied the city of Lille, just beyond the northern border of France. France and Britain were still in the process of hastily drawing up a coordinated plan and were not prepared for the German attack. The tenacity of the French and British armies stopped the German invasion in its tracks. After that, trench warfare became the main form of battle on the Western Front.