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German light engine smashed up by our gun fire
German light engine smashed up by our gun fire
A wrecked German steam-engine lying across rail tracks. Graffiti has been written on it, including the name, 'C J Griffin', the motto, 'Never Budge' and the sarcastic joke, 'Lancs Reg Leave Train'. The Lancashire Regiment had 38 battalions on active overseas service during World War I. Many of them must have longed to be at home on leave. A photograph like this would have been useful propaganda…
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Lancashire Fusiliers
- Debris
- Engines (power producing equipment)
- German
- War damage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Lancashire Fusiliers
- Debris
- Engines (power producing equipment)
- German
- 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
- 74549310
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
- 2014-04-06T13:22:46.057Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:46.828Z