English: Village inhabitants, Western Front, during World War I. An Allied machine-gunner standing in a village talking to an old man and surrounded by other village inhabitants. Not surprisingly the crowd is composed of women, old men, young boys and children. It appears to be winter as there is snow in the background.

To the modern West European the way in which the men and women in this crowd have segregated themselves is quite noticeable. It is also fascinating to notice the way in which several of the women have their hair very elaborately plaited and dressed with combs, even in the midst of war.
[Original reads: 'The inhabitants of a newly captured village are greatly interested in a British machine gunner.']

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