WWI, Battle of Soissons, Night Bombing, 1918
Entitled: Night bombing by aeroplanes on a road near Soissons. Sketch shows bomb striking horses and soldiers during a battle in World War I by Lucien Jonas. The Battle of Soissons was waged from July 18-22, 1918, between the French (with American assistance) and German armies. Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch, planned a major counter-offensive with 24 French divisions, several British Divisions, and the Buffalo Soldiers 92nd Infantry Division (United States), and reinforced by other Allied troops including eight large U.S. divisions under U.S. command, and 350 tanks, sought to eliminate the salient that was aimed at Paris. The battle ended with the French recapturing most of the ground lost to the German Spring Offensive in May 1918
