British Western Front
(144) X.34081 - Boarding buses to go back for a rest after the hard fighting at Monchy
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (144) X.34081 - Boarding buses to go back for a rest after the hard fighting at Monchy |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549538 |
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| Description | Troop transport buses, Monchy, France, during World War I. Heavily-laden infantrymen boarding some double-decker transport buses. A pick and shovel carried on each bus are a reminder that vehicles of all sorts were constantly getting stuck either in mud or in shell-holes. These men were lucky to get transport away from the Front, rather than having to walk. Monchy, a small village beside the River Scarpe, to the east of Arras, changed hands several times during the war. This photograph may have been taken after the British capture of Monchy in April 1917, or possibly after its recapture by the Canadians in the Battle of the Scarpe on 26 August 1918. [Original reads: 'Boarding buses to go back for a rest after the hard fighting at Monchy.'] |
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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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