Lieutenant René Nicolas

ADOC/Corbis

Corpses in the Drollest Positions

A French officer found that the corpses half-buried in the walls of a trench became a matter of mirth.
- Lieutenant René Nicolas
- World War I Issue
Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis

All for a Few Feet of France

A French officer witnesses the chaos of battle.
- Lieutenant René Nicolas
- World War I Issue
Lieutenant’s Story (Part III)

The final installment in a series of excerpts from a French officer’s war-time journal
- Lieutenant René Nicolas
- March 1917 Issue
The Lieutenant’s Story (Part II)

The second installment in a series of excerpts from a French officer’s war-time journal
- Lieutenant René Nicolas
- February 1917 Issue
Bain News Service / Library of Congress

The Lieutenant’s Story (Part I)

The first installment in a series of excerpts from a French officer’s war-time journal
- Lieutenant René Nicolas
- January 1917 Issue