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Resting in a shell hole in newly captured ground near Wytschaete
Resting in a shell hole in newly captured ground near Wytschaete
Soldiers huddle around their rifles, which are propped up in a stook-like formation. There are billycans dotted around the scene, and most of the men appear to be eating. Behind them, a trench runs through a devastated and barren landscape. A number of men in the trench are looking towards the photographer, thought to be John Warwick Brooke. The Belgian village of Wytschaete was captured by All…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Eating & drinking
- Holes
- Rest periods
- Rifles (long guns)
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Trenches
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Eating & drinking
- Holes
- Rest periods
- Rifles (long guns)
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Trenches
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
- 1917
- 1917
- 2005
Places
- Europe, Belgium, Flanders, West Flanders (province)
Identifier
- 74547894
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
- 1917
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:20:03.521Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:41.785Z