Picture No | 10731832 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Wipers-Before and After, 1915 |
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A page from the Bystander, showing the Hotel de Ville at Ypres before and after the German bombardment in 1915. The Bystander reports that '...our soldiers, with a fine and facile regard for pronunciation, have christened[the city] 'Wipers'.'
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Source | Page in The Bystander, 13th January 1915, page 37 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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