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(60) V.23 - General view of La Bassee
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74545914
Description	Ruined La Bassee, France, during World War I. Parts of the houses are still standing and the road in the middle of the rubble is still visible. Cavalrymen, motorised vehicles and soldiers are all present carrying out different duties. This photograph was taken sometime after 1915. La Bassee is best known for the battle which took place there in October-November 1914. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE - General view of La Bassee.']

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Places:	Europe > France > Nord-Pas-de-Calais > Nord > Bassée, la (inhabited place) [Place created]
Subject / content:	Soldiers Ruins Cavalries Towns Automobiles Black-and-white prints (photographs) Propaganda War photography Photojournalism
Person / organisation:	Great Britain. Army [Depicted] Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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Cavalry
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Description	Photographs depicting cavalry.

Subject / content:	Cavalries
Person / organisation:	Great Britain. Army [Depicted]
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First World War 'Official Photographs'
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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.
Shelfmark	Acc.3155

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content:	War photography Black-and-white prints (photographs) Photojournalism Propaganda
Person / organisation:	Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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