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Description: Photograph of British 18 pdr field gun being moved into a new position, Battle of Arras, during the advance near Athies. Comment : This was part of the First Battle of the Scarpe , part of the Battle of Arras. Note armoured oil reservoir on front end of recuperator, introduced to extend the life of the springs.
Title: Positioning18pdrBattleOfArrasApril1917
Credit: This is a clipped version of the original photograph, scanned from "The Great War" Volume 9 page 277, edited by H W Wilson, published 1917. This is photograph Q 5171 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)
Author: John Warwick Brooke
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