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(22) C.1725 - Cavalry crossing a temporary bridge
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Cavalry > (22) C.1725 - Cavalry crossing a temporary bridge |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74545866 |
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| Description | Cavalry on the move, during World War I. A line of relaxed cavalrymen are crossing a small, narrow bridge. The wintry landscape is clearly visible. Two foot soldiers sit with their jerry cans and watch the cavalry pass. A crucifix at the side of the road has been re-erected, possibly for this photograph, amidst the bombed-out landscape. When war broke out in 1914, there was as yet no tested and effective alternative to using cavalry in war. It was not until later in World War I that tanks began to be introduced. By the Second World War cavalry was all but redundant. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Cavalry crossing a temporary bridge.'] |
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| Description | Photographs depicting cavalry. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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