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(52) X.25013 - Famous Canal du Nord which the Canadians stormed
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland > (52) X.25013 - Famous Canal du Nord which the Canadians stormed |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549218 |
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| Description | Horse-drawn supply carts and soldiers on foot and bicycle crossing the dry bed of the Canal du Nord, in the shadow of a bombed bridge. The railway line in the photograph was perhaps built to supply materials to the canal builders. The Canal du Nord was still being built when World War I broke out. Even empty of water, the canal bed was a great obstruction to Allied soldiers and tanks, and formed part of the Hindenburg line of German fortifications. The Canadian storming of the canal on 27th September 1918 was a significant advance in the Allied autumn offensives. [Original reads: 'The famous Canal du Nord which the Canadians stormed. Canadian transport passing through it up to the fighting at BOURLON WOOD.'] |
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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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