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| Picture No | 10222719 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | Fighting the weather on the Western Front 1916 |
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Heavy rain courses massive problems for troops on the western front, churned up by previous transportation and shell fire, made vast streches of mud pits filled with stagnated water. The troops found themselves trying to move stuck guns by using ropes fasterened to the wheels, pulled by horse and man power.
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| Source | Drawn by C. Clark, from an eye-witnees's decription in 'The Sphere', 30 December 1916, pages 246 - 247 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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