Rare Images Of The World War 1 Front Line

An undated archive picture shows French soldiers firing a 155 mm mortar from a trench on the front line, at an unknown location in France. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War.

Rare black and white images have captured life on the trenches during World War One.

A Viscount in the Armoured Cavalry Branch of the French Army left behind a collection of hundreds of glass plates taken during WWI that have never before been published.

The images, by an unknown photographer, shines a light on the daily lives of soldiers in the trenches. 

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An archive picture shows captured Germans soldiers marching through Chalons en Champagne, Eastern France September 1915. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An archive picture taken shows soldiers attending an entertainment show at Suippes, on the Champagne Front, Eastern France in 1915. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An undated archive picture shows French General Emile Eugene Belin (R) visiting the front line near Arras, Northern France. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An archive picture shows Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (2nd L) meeting French General Albert Baratier (R), on horseback, as French Marshal Joseph Joffre looks on (2nd R), on the Champagne front, Eastern France in 1915. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An archive picture shows French General Joseph Joffre (2nd R) congratulating and awarding medals to soldiers, who fought in the Battle of Verdun, in Verdun March 1916. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An archive picture shows French officers inspecting trenches on the Argonne front, eastern France May 1916. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An undated archive picture shows French artillery officers on the phone relaying instructions to adjust cannon fire in a trench on the front line, at an unknown location in France. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An archive picture shows French soldiers standing in German trenches seized after being shelled on the Somme front, northern France in 1916. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An undated archive picture shows a French soldier aiming an anti-aircraft machine gun from a trench at Perthes les Hurlus, eastern France. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

Horses and soldiers stand among the debris in a destroyed spot on the battlefield at Maurepas on the Somme front, northern France October 1916. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An archive picture shows French soldiers standing in German trenches seized after being shelled on the Somme front, northern France in 1916. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

An undated archive picture shows French soldiers moving a 95 mm cannon, on the rear guard near the front, at an unknown location in France. (REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez)

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