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How a Boche truck arrived at Clery Station, helped by our artillery
How a Boche truck arrived at Clery Station, helped by our artillery
An upended carriage is shown next to the remains of a brick wall or building. Although the original caption mentions a truck, it is actually an open-topped railway carriage. This photograph is one of a series showing the wreckage of a German supply train damaged by British shellfire. The derogatory term for a German, 'Boche' or 'Bosch', originates from the French slang 'alboche', which was two …
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Freight cars
- War damage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Freight cars
- War damage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548376
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:18:52.172Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:39.809Z