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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > French > (63) D.2737 - French and British make a line to hold up the enemy |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547620 |
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| Description | This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke, shows a line of Allied soldiers lying across a grassy field. A French machine-gun crew are kneeling in the line, manning their gun. Some of the soldiers can be seen digging shallow scoops in front of where they are lying. British troops were taught to dig shallow scrapes (or 'scoops') lying down, as temporary protection for a new position. A hollow 12 inches (30 centimetres) deep could be dug in this way in an hour. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. French and British make a line to hold up the enemy.'] |
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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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