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THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 1917
A battery of 18-pounder field guns under German fire close to Monchy-le-Preux. In the foreground is an advanced dressing station.


Comment : This photograph shows gunners in action in the Second Battle of the Scarpe.
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Library of Congress archive of WWI magazine rotogravures http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/index.html
This page from The War of the Nations, December 31 1919
Original held by Imperial War Museum Collection No.: 1900-09 Photo No.: Q 6292


See also Image:18pdrsUnderFireBattleofArras24April1917.jpg for a clipped version from IWM.
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