British Western Front
(78) X.32065 - Tommies crossing the Scarpe
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (78) X.32065 - Tommies crossing the Scarpe |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549332 |
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| Description | British soldiers waiting to cross the River Scarpe, Arras, France. The bridge appears to be partly broken and they are crossing on planks across to the near bank. A flat-bottomed punt in the foreground may be being put in position to form part of a pontoon bridge. The Scarpe is a river which starts to the north-west of Arras and flows south past the town. This photograph was probably taken during the Arras offensive of April 1917, when the Allies moved forward quickly into German territory. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Tommies crossing the Scarpe.'] |
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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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