| Arras, Pas-de-Calais |
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| Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais, one of the departements of Northern France. It was heavily bombarded during World War I and as a result many of the postcards from that period are concerned with the damage caused. |
| A great old postcard of the Station at Arras in the early years of the 20th Century. |
| This postcard was mailed in 1913. |
| An early postcard of the Place du Theatre. |
| The Place de la Gare and the Boulevard Carnot. |
| The Town Hall - this must be pre-WW1 as it was heavily damaged by German artillery during the war - see the card on the right. |
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| The shell damaged interior of the Town Hall during WW1. |
| The corner of Rue de la Housse and Rue Saint-Nicolas. Two people were buried in the ruins. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| Did You Know.........that Maximilien Robespierre, the French Revolutionary leader, was born in Arras in 1758 ? |
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| A 1904 postcard of the Grand'Place. |
| The Place de la Gare - undated postcard. |
| Two postcards of Arras "before the terrible war", which dates the cards from after 1918 and the views before 1914. On the left, a "panorama" of the town, and on the right the Square du Meaulens. |
| Grand'Place during the Great War. |
| The Boulevard du Strasbourg before the war. |
| The Porte Baudimont, again "before the terrible war". |
| The Porte Baudemont (notice the different spellings !) after the German bombardment in WW1. |
| The ruins of the Petite Place. |
| The Place de la Gare after the German bombardment - October 1914. |
| Rue Gambetta and the Station after the German bombardment. |
| The ruins in the Rue Meaulens. |
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| Ruined houses on the Grand'Place. |
| Two British soldiers by the wreckage of the Town Hall. |
| The ruins of the Hotel de Ville after the October 1914 bombardment. |
| More ruins - the postcard does not identify the exact spot. |
| The destruction of the Cathedral Porch and neighbouring houses. |
| A 1917 postcard of the Concert Hall in Arras. |
| Shell damage in the Rue d'Amiens. |
| Les Arcades before and after the war - a 1918 postcard. |
| The ruins of the Convent of Saint-Sacrement. |
| The ruined interior of the church of St-Jean Baptiste. |
| Another postcard showing the ruins of the Hotel de Ville. |
| Petite Place, showing "the German madness for destruction". |
| Grand'Place. |
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