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First Canadian patrol entering Valenciennes from the West
First Canadian patrol entering Valenciennes from the West
Among the most haunting images of the Haig collection are those photographs taken in towns near the front line. Some are in ruins, others, like Valenciennes in this picture, seem relatively untouched, but almost all project a ghost-town atmosphere. In this photograph the only humans daring to be seen are the patrolling Canadian soldiers. We know from the original caption that somewhere out of sigh…
Subject
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Guards
- Soldiers
- Towns
- War damage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Subject
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Guards
- Soldiers
- Towns
- 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
Places
- Europe, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Valenciennes (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74549220
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
- 2014-04-06T13:22:54.618Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:15.785Z