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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > French > (21) D.1010 - Bombarded fort of Peronne |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547504 |
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| Description | This shows a ruined stone fort with two round towers at either end of a curtain wall. There is an entrance with a pointed arch. This is the castle of Peronne built in the late twelfth century. It originally had four towers, one directly right of the door was destroyed in 1916 and can be seen here as a pile of rubble. The castle has been rebuilt since the war, but some of the later additions such as the conical roofs have been omitted, returning the building to its medieval appearance. [Original reads: 'THE FALL OF PERONNE. The bombarded fort of Peronne.'] |
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| Description | Photographs from the Haig "Official Photographs" series with French Press Stamps or of France and the French. |
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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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