British Western Front
(57) X.32029 - Waiting their turn in advance - tank moving in distance
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (57) X.32029 - Waiting their turn in advance - tank moving in distance |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549286 |
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| Description | Infantry waiting in a trench for their turn to advance, while others to the right are already advancing. There is a tank in the background in front of the infantry, so the image must have been taken after 15 September 1916, the first time that tanks were used in battle. It probably dates to after the Cambrai offensive of 1917, when they were used with greater success. Haig had initially been enthusiastic about the tanks, but was forced to use them too soon in 1916, with disastrous results. By 1917, tactics had been practised, with the tanks being used as an advance to break through the enemy's wire entanglements and prepare the way for both infantry and cavalry. [Original reads: 'Waiting their turn in advance - tank moving in distance.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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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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