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(4) D.1604 - Portuguese infantry resting
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Portuguese > (4) D.1604 - Portuguese infantry resting |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547090 |
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| Description | There is a group of soldiers half lying on the dirt in the middle of the image. They are all wearing dusty looking uniforms and tin helmets. They have not taken the rest of their equipment off either. They are looking at the camera and they have a jaunty attitude about them. Behind them are stacks of rifles- most of the soldiers are weapon less in this picture. There is a vast number of soldiers milling around in the background. On the horizon is a line of single and rather pathetic looking trees. War was declared on Portugal after an incident over the seizure of ships in March 1916. Despite this, the first Portuguese soldiers did not leave for the Western Front until 30 January 1917. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Portuguese infantry resting.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of Portuguese soldiers. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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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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