Indian Bakers at La Penne near Marseille

Indian troops in France were supplied by their own cooks and bakers, with the scent of freshly baked naan in tandoori ovens often wafting over the countryside as reported by the journalists who accompanied them. “These men carry their atmosphere with them,” wrote a correspondent in a line that could apply to this postcard. “There was nothing in that yard hooded with fog to remind him or me that we were not at Jullundur still on a thick November morning.” (INDIANS IN FRANCE: PICTURES OF CAMP LIFE. The Times of India (1861-2010) ; Mumbai, India [Mumbai, India]. 14 Dec 1914: 8.)