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Hauling out a captured German gun
Hauling out a captured German gun
Soldiers struggling to manoeuvre a captured German gun. One group pushes from the rear, whilst the other group pull using two ropes attached to the wheels. Moving such a heavy piece of weaponry across rough terrain was always fraught with difficulties. The village of Wytschaete was captured by Allied forces during the Battle of Messines Ridge in June 1917. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGR…
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Confiscations
- Field artillery
- Pulling
- Rope
- Soldiers
- Rope
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Confiscations
- Field artillery
- Pulling
- Rope
- Soldiers
- Rope
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
Places
- Europe, Belgium, Flanders, West Flanders (province)
Identifier
- 74547888
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
- 2014-04-06T12:20:03.444Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:41.566Z