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View of shell-shattered Gommecourt and Gommecourt wood beyond
View of shell-shattered Gommecourt and Gommecourt wood beyond
This confused jumble is a silent testament to the force and power of the war that swept through Europe. It would be interesting to know Warwick Brook's thoughts on this scene and why it appealed to him. Gommecourt and the nearby wood were observation posts during the last two years of the war. It was from here that the effect of British artillery on the German line was monitored. [Original r…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
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, France, Haute-Normandie, Eure, Gommécourt (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74548328
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
- 2014-04-06T12:20:03.514Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:41.611Z