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A battery of Field Artillery, crossing a bridge at eventide. |
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His Majesty inspecting the shells at Holmes and Co. Ltd., Munitions Works, Hull. |
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Huge shell bursting in enemy lines, warns the Huns of an impending attack. |
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Seaforth Highlanders firing trench-mortars, showing shell in its flight in mid-air. |
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H.H. Sir Pertab Singh, Gen. Rimington, and H.H. the Maharajah of Rutlam, at head of Jodhpur Lancers in France. |
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Anti-aircraft gun captured by our victorious troops from the defeated Germans. |
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Bursting star-shells. The curse of our lads on night raids. |
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All that is left of the village of La Basseé, scene of many historic events. |
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Sikhs under Lt. Smythe, VC, returning to rest and refit after a strenuous period in the trenches. |
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58th Rifles digging communication trenches and laying cables to connect up advanced positions. |
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Bringing up reserve ammunition, a tribute to the munition workers. |
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A quaint hospital; an old boiler used as a horse hospital in a ruined French factory. |
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Bengal Lancers preparing a meal outside a Flanders farmhouse. |
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El Kantara, the great base for Egypt and Palestine seen from a transport in the Suez Canal. |
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The hard riding of motor dispatch riders necessitated many repairs to their machines. |
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Black Watch and Dogras in a trench - keep below the death-line. |
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Typical Indian cavalrymen; a few officers and men of Jacob's Horse and the 29th Lancers [Deccan Horse]. |
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Transport of Sappers and Miners on the march in France. |
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Heliograph section of a cavalry brigade at work in France. |
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Inspecting the ruins of the once beautiful Richebourg Cathedral. |
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Column of earth from exploding of a British mine under a German position. |
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A shell-riddled and deserted village, daily subjected to artillery fire. |
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Our guns returning with compliments the German 'Evening Hate'; gun in recoil. |
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British and Indian officers of the 15th Sikhs at their rest billets in France. |
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Group of 2/2 Gurkhas who never missed a day's duty during their war service. |
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Indian officers of the 39th Garhwalis, who won distinction during the war. |
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A Jat Regiment marching into billets. |
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Gen. Sir James Willcocks, and staff, leaving his head-quarters at Merville for the trenches. |
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Trapped German submarine driven inshore and blown clean out of the water. |
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Transport with the 'Old Contemptibles' from India meets a Man-of-War in the Mediterranean. |
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Evacuation of Gallipoli; removing stores at Helles Bay. |
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Gen. Sir Pertab Singh and officers of the Jodhpur Lancers. |
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A busy telegraph office at General Headquarters. |
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[Group portrait] No.3. Officer's mess, Indian Corps Headquarters, Merville. |
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Indian Cavalry passing through a picturesque French village. |
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Indian wounded at Brighton Hospital enjoy a gramaphone concert [accompanied by a piper]. |
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H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at his Headquarters in France. |
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Dr. H.D. Girdwood, leaving his billets at Indian Headquarters to visit H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. |
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Royal visit to the front. Enthusiastic reception by the Canadians. |
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Indian Corps signal section at work. |
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A cable section laying telephone wires; each detachment carries several miles of cable. |
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Tanks clearing the way for the infantry through a mud-spattered Flanders battlefield. |
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Garhwal brigade signal section fixing telephone cables on the side of a French farmhouse. |
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Watching through periscopes the effects of bursting German shells. |
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Casualties after the charge has swept over. Captured positions under German shell fire. |
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In action! Hidden by a screen of foliage; our batteries put down a barrage for the infantry. |
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A German shell arrives; bomb gun section of the Seaforths taking cover. |
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Second-line of Gurkhas coming up under shell-fire to consolidate trench taken by first-line. |
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First-line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench. |
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Our gallant infantry charging the German positions in East Africa. |
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F.M. [Field Marshall] Sir John French, C-in-C in France, with ADC's at General Headquarters. |
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Second line Gurkhas consolidating the captured trenches while the first continues the attack. |
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Gen. Sir James Willcocks, inspecting a battalion of Gurkhas just out of the trenches. |
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Gurkhas drawing rations at a French farmhouse. |
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Gurkhas wrestling on transport mules at a rest camp in France. |
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Seaforths filling their water-bottles at a town pump before going into the trenches. |
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Jats wrestling - the favourite sport of our Indian fighters. |
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Tommy's mount receives first attention; carrying water from a nearby rivulet. |
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Troops and supplies being rushed from railhead to the firing line. |
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Troops feeding their horses, and resting on the march. |
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Machine-gun of the Manchesters in action; repulsing an attack. |
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A breathless moment, Canadians leaving their trenches to rush a German position. |
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Gurkhas clearing the remaining Germans out of trenches by hand grenades. |
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Gen. Sir James Willcocks extending a word of praise to battle-scarred Gurkha officers. |
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Indian Post Office at a Headquarters town. |
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[Group portrait] No.2. Officers mess, Indian Corps Headquarters, Merville. |
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Inspection of Gurkha kukries before going over the top. |
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Our sturdy Gurkhas working on a fire and communication trench. |
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The Gurkhas were great favourites with the French children. |
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[Group portrait of] Officers of the Fourth Cavalry Corps. |
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Moving up; Indian Lancers passing through Grecoy. |
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Gharwalis [sic] lining a reserve trench in expectation of a German attack. |
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Tommy's favourite pastime. A football match between the Signal Company and the Gurkhas. |
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Motor lorries of supply column bring up forage for an Indian cavalry regiment. |
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Baggage train on the march in Flanders. |
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Band of Pathans playing at a French farm. |
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An anxious moment; German shells bursting near our advancing infantry. |
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Infantry in the front-line trenches preparing to meet a gas-attack. |
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Sikhs chanting and performing their ablutions at their billets in France. |
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'Over the top'; observe the expression on their faces as these lads gallantly face death. |
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Gharwalis [sic] passing the Doll's House on shell-swept La Basseé Road. |
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Gen. Sir James Willcocks and Gen. Southey visit an out-post held by the Black Watch near Fauquissart. |
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Gen. Sir James Willcocks at Headquarters planning an attack. |
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Some survivors of the 21 men of the Seaforths who have received the DCM [Distinguished Conduct Medal]. |
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Good fellowship between British and Indian signallers. |
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[Group portrait of] Gen. Sir James Willcocks, C-in-C, of the Indian Expeditionary Force with his personal staff. |
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Seaforths crossing bridge on their way to the firing-line. |
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Gurkha pipers playing 'La Marseillaise' to French villagers. |
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Officer in deep dug-out, safe from enemy shell-fire. |
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London motor-busses in French town, ready to rush troops up the line. |
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[Group portrait] Brig.Gen. Edwards with staff of Meerut Cavalry Brigade, at the Chateau Lieltres. |
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[Group portrait of the] French military mission with the Indian Army Corps, Merville. |
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Bomb-proof shelter. Officers refuge when shell-fire becomes too dangerous. |
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The Maharajah of Barwani in the grounds of his Headquarters in France. |
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Motor-lorries and cycles of the Indian Army Corps' Signallers packed in the main square at Merville. |
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NCO's and men of the 57th [Wilde's] Rifles at a French farmhouse. |
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British and Indian officers outside Headquarters in a Flanders village. |
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Brig.Gen. Egerton and staff of the Ferozepore Brigade outside a dug-out at their Headquarters. |
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Gen. Sir James Willcocks and staff riding through Merville on a tour of inspection to the front-line trenches. |
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[Group portrait of] Brig.Gen. Norie with British and Indian officers of the 2/2 Gurkhas. |
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Lieut. Hitendra of Cooch Behar and Major Stewart. |
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Lieut. Hitendra of Cooch Behar on his famous horse, 'Son of a gun'. |
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Indian convalescent depot at a Headquarters town in France. |
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[Group portrait of] Sir James Willcocks and his staff at Headquarters of the Indian Corps. |
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Headquarters group of the 6th Jats. |
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[Group portrait] No.4. Officers Mess at Indian Corps Headquarters, Merville. |
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Headquarters group [portrait] of the Indian Cavalry Corps at the Chateau St.André. |
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The wrecked Zeppelin brought down by our aviators near the coast of Essex. |
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Examining the remains of a howitzer destroyed by a direct hit. |
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The most terrifying of all bombardments; the merciless gas-shells. |
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Haig's Headquarters at the front which came under German shell-fire. |
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Maintaining our supremacy in the air; a battle squadron in fighting formation. |
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The ruins of Albert an its famous cathedral as seen from an aeroplane. |
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Observation balloon, showing the inflated stabilisers. |
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Battery prepared against a gas attack, firing at the German positions. |
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The eyes of the army - Sopwith Camels ready for a patrol over the German lines. |
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Sudden alarm to a battery of artillery resting in a wood. |
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[Aerial view] Over the German lines, showing deep trenches, mine craters and shell-pitted ground. |
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The gun teams are hurriedly hooked in and the battery moves off at a gallop. |
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H.H. the Maharajah of Barwani with his ambulance cars in France. |
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King's Dragoon Guards taking their machine gun across a stream by an aerial railway. |
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F.M. Sir John French riding with his Aide-de-Camps and escort of Indian Cavalry. |
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Jacob's Horse passing through a French town on their way to the front. |
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A squadron of the King's Dragoon Guards crossing a stream in France. |
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Eighty yards from the enemy; falling leaves clipped off by German bullets. |
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Kitchener in happy mood, praises officers and men for their heroic assaults at the Dardanelles. |
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Troop of Jodhpur Lancers dismounting before going into action. |
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The true bull-dog rush of our troops at the Dardanelles. |
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Gurkhas returning to rest and refit after a strenuous period in the trenches. |
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The S.O.S. of the front line; rockets used in emergency to call up reserves. |
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Gurkhas preparing and cooking their evening meal. |
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Pathans bombing out the Germans. |
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Highlanders skirmishing through a ruined village linked up with our trenches. |
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Cooks preparing a hasty meal in a ruined cottage. |
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The result of bombardment; shell craters and buildings wrecked by German shells. |
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Arrival of casualties at a regimental aid post. |
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Cutting the wire, where our gallant heroes fell. |
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[Group portrait] Gen. Fanshaw with divisional and brigade staff, of 1st Indian Cavalry Division. |
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An interested audience of French villagers watching trick-riding by Indian Cavalry. |
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Waterfall tent-pegging at which the Indian Cavalry proved they were second to none. |
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[Group portrait] Gen. Cookson with divisional and brigade staff of 2nd Indian Cavalry Division. |
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Smoke screen thrown out to conceal concentration of storm troops. |
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11 inch shells abandoned by the Germans in their headlong flight across the Rhine. |
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One of our 16 inch railway guns; the monsters which pulverised the Hindenburg line. |
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One of the formidable dug-outs captured from the Germans, Bickendorf. |
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In the thick of a gas attack; our lads ready for the enemy. |
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A tank avoids a water-logged shell hole; the grave of several of its companions. |
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Machine-gun section and infantry crossing a flooded river by pontoon bridge in Mesopotamia. |
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A quiet hour in a quiet spot out of range of enemy fire. |
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British troops from invading columns refresh themselves at a waterfall in East Africa. |
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Tenderly lifting a serious case; stretcher bearers at work. |
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Although suffering heavily our troops never faltered until they had taken the German trenches. |
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A tank leads the infantry into action and breaks down the wire entanglements. |
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Stretcher bearers removing a wounded officer who was picked off by a German sniper. |
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Our navy in action - a broadside from HMS 'Cornwallis' makes things lively for the enemy. |
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Leicesters passing a French canal on their way to the firing line. |
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North Staffords resting by the side of a French canal. |
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Seaforths after a long march, enjoy a dip in a French canal. |
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Triumph of our navy. Surrendered battleships and cruisers of German fleet at Scapa Flow. |
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Caged at last. Fleet of murderous German submarines secure in channel port. |
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An exciting chase! British destroyers on the track of a German submarine. |
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Interior of forward compartment of U.Boat 135, showing torpedo anf four torpedo tubes. |
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Spoils of war; hundreds of captured German guns in a gun park. |
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F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge |
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Ypres and its ruined cloth hall where British heroism shone resplendant through the darkest hours. |
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Our 'Watch on the Rhine'. Infantry guarding one of the bridge heads, Cologne. |
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Peace procession of Indian troops salute the cenotaph to 'The Glorious Dead'. |
