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(48) X.25008 - Most eastern outpost on the British Western Front; it is east of Mons and is held by the Canadians
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland > (48) X.25008 - Most eastern outpost on the British Western Front; it is east of Mons and is held by the Canadians |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549208 |
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| Description | Canadian troops and civilians on the Western Front, Belgium, during World War I. This picture is not dated and its original caption refers to it only as showing a Canadian-held outpost on the Western Front. The relaxed demeanour of the troops and the presence of what are evidently well-dressed civilians suggest, however, that the photograph was taken after the Armistice, and may depict some sort of sightseeing tour of the former front line. Canadian troops were among those advancing at the most north-easterly end of the Western Front in 1918. The 20th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force arrived in Mons on the morning of 11 November, Armistice Day, and went on to Bonn in December to become part of the Allied army of occupation. [Original reads: 'The most Eastern outpost on the British Western Front; it is East of Mons and is held by the Canadians. No one is allowed to pass either way through the lines.'] |
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| Description | Photographs from the Haig series that are connected with Canadian troops and the Newfoundland Regiment of the British Army. |
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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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