The French launch their offensive, 2nd Battle of Champagne, France mb-code DEC361-35 The Princess is being escorted

The Princess is being escorted by the Crown Prince of Prussia and the Duke of Saxe Coburg

French troops invading Russia

The Italian castrato opera singer (Francesco Bernardi

8th Duke of Argyll

He is using an old fashioned scythe to cut the corn

The French launch their offensive, 2nd Battle of Champagne, France mb-code DEC361-35 The Princess is being escortedThe French launch their offensive, 2nd Battle of Champagne, France, 25 September 1915. The French attack was initially successful, penetrating 3 kilometres through the German lines. The Germans counter attacked however, and by the time the offensive was called off in early November the French were back in their original positions with 145,000 casualties. The battle also took artillery away from Verdun, encouraging the Germans to launch their attack