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(60) X.25023 - Canadian leaving a hole in Cambrai with some rare souvenirs
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland > (60) X.25023 - Canadian leaving a hole in Cambrai with some rare souvenirs |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549236 |
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| Description | A Canadian soldier in the rubble of Cambrai, holding an armful of new German helmets. These are not the steel helmets used on campaign but pointed helmets of the old style, which the original caption suggests the Germans had intended to use in a victory parade if they had won the war. This photograph was probably taken on or soon after October 9, 1918, when the Canadian troops captured Cambrai. [Original reads: 'A Canadian leaving a hole in CAMBRAI with some rare souvenirs. They were new and no doubt were to be used during the victorious march into PARIS which so far has not taken place.'] |
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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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