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Galloping to Mons

British Field Artillery of the British Expeditionary Force gallop along the road to Mons to engage the German advance into Belgium for the first time. This illustration, based on a sketch by en eyewitness, was claimed to be the first drawing of the British Expeditionary Force in action in France by the Illustrated London News

Picture No
13990083
Media ID
45428546
Size
5600px x 3268px (2.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Drawing by R.Caton Woodville from a sketch by Louis Weirter Illustrated London News 29 August 1914
Date
Aug-14

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