Picture No | 10215405 |
Date | 30th October 1915 |
Description | British territorials charging at Loos |
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British troops wearing anti-gas masks charging German trenches of the fortified second line at the Battle of Loos with bombs and bayonets. A German reporter in the 'Berliner Tageblatt' commented that they looked, '.not like soldiers, but like devils'.
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Source | Drawn by Samuel Begg in 'The Illustrated London News', 30 October 1915, pages 560 & 561 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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