Cavalry

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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Cavalry > (38) D.2805 - R.H.A. going through the river at a gallop

(38) D.2805 - R.H.A. going through the river at a gallop
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Description	Royal Horse Artillery in a river, France. At least two gun teams of the Royal Horse Artillery are galloping in the water along a shallow river bed. The landscape appears very wooded so the river may have provided a relatively clear passage for the horses. Each field gun is pulled by six horses, so they needed room to manoeuvre. In 1914, each brigade of Cavalry had one battery of Royal Horse Artillery, with six 13-pounder field guns and around 200 men and horses. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. R.H.A. going through the river at a gallop.']

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Places:	Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Subject / content:	Horses Teams Soldiers Rivers Field artillery Artillery Gun carriages Black-and-white prints (photographs) Cavalries Propaganda War photography Photojournalism
Person / organisation:	Great Britain. Army. Royal Horse Artillery [Depicted] 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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