Picture No | 10725926 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | British cavalrymen under bombardment, 1914 |
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British cavalrymen in a village in France under bombardment from German guns. 'The houses were demolished like packs of cards, but Providence looked after us, and after six hours of mental agony we had to retire one by one across a pontoon bridge ... with the loss of a few men we got clear.'
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Source | Illustration by Philip Dadd in The Sphere, 7 December 1914, page 15 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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