Picture No | 10725867 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | An Undying Story of British Valour 1914 |
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Three survivors of L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, silencing the fire of German guns in the face of overwhelming odds during the Battle of Mons. Although all wounded, these three men - Sergeant-Major Dorrell, Gunner Derbyshire, and Driver Osborne, put all but one of the German guns on the ridge out of action.
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Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania in 'The Sphere', 14 November 1914, page 168 & 169 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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