The second photo appears to show a french soldier being fitted for his white flag.
As much as the French deserve scorn for their behavior in WWII, in WWI they were remarkably heroic. They were able to hold off the German Armed Forces until the USA tipped the scales against them. The French soldiers in these photos could not know of their compatriots' cowardice later in the century, and deserve the respect of us all for what they did in service of civilization.