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(2) C.2490 - Group of German prisoners with the regimental pet that was captured at Poelcapple
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Germans > (2) C.2490 - Group of German prisoners with the regimental pet that was captured at Poelcapple |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546488 |
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| Description | German prisoners posing for the camera. In the middle of the group there is a dog, probably a pet or mascot. All of the men are in uniform. Whilst the majority of them look sombre, one or two manage a smile. The slang British term used here for German, 'Hun', gained popular usage after Kaiser Wilhelm II urged his troops to 'behave like Huns' to win the war. The Battle of Broodseinde (October 1917) was part of a larger offensive - the third Battle of Ypres -engineered by Sir Douglas Haig to capture the Passchendaele Ridge. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRTITISH WESTERN FRONT. BATTLE OF BROODSEYNDE [sic] RIDGE. A group of German prisoners with the regimental pet that was captured at Poelcapple [sic]. Scene in a prisoners' camp near Ypres. Nearly 5,000 Huns were captured.'] |
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| Description | Photographs taken in Germany, by Germans or of Germans. |
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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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